Soft Spruce (BM 671)
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Soft Spruce (BM 671) is a deep, cool blue from Benjamin Moore: LRV 26.9, so it reflects about 27 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Soft Spruce
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Soft Spruce by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper blue, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Soft Spruce, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Splashy | SW 6942 | 21 | 4.7 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Mirage Lake | 500D-6 | 24.5 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Dreamy Teal | 5007-8B | 26 | 2.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Azure Tide | 1231-6 | 25 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore blue colors nearest to Soft Spruce (LRV 26.9) by LRV.
Lighter than Soft Spruce
Darker than Soft Spruce
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 671 |
| Hex | #3F9793 |
| RGB | 63, 151, 147 |
| HSL | 177°, 41%, 42% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 26.9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 57.4, -27.1, -5.8 |
| Undertone | Cool |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Soft Spruce (BM 671), published as #3F9793
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Soft Spruce (BM 671)?
- Soft Spruce has an LRV of 26.9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Soft Spruce is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Soft Spruce in another brand?
- Dreamy Teal (Valspar 5007-8B) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 2.0 (very close).
- Is Soft Spruce warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Soft Spruce as cool, with a Cool undertone. Its Lab b* value is -5.8; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.