Hale Navy (BM HC-154) vs Newburyport Blue (BM HC-155)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Newburyport Blue, LRV 10.3 vs 8.4.
- Warmer
- Hale Navy, both blue-gray (Lab b* -7.6 vs -11.7).
- North rooms
- Newburyport Blue keeps more brightness (L* 31.3 vs 27.7 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- White Heaven BM 2068-70, #E2E5F1, LRV 76.7: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 4.4, noticeably different. At 4.4, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Hale Navy (BM HC-154) is slightly darker than Newburyport Blue (BM HC-155) and warmer: LRV 8.4 vs 10.3, deltaE 4.4 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Hale Navy | Newburyport Blue | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Benjamin Moore | |
| Color code | HC-154 | HC-155 | |
| Hex | #434B56 | #465566 | |
| RGB | 67, 75, 86 | 70, 85, 102 | |
| HSL | 215°, 12%, 30% | 212°, 19%, 34% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 8.4 | 10.3 | −2 |
| Lab L* | 31.6 | 35.5 | −3.9 |
| Lab a* | -0.5 | -1.4 | +0.9 |
| Lab b* | -7.6 | -11.7 | +4.1 |
| Undertone | Cool Gray | Cool Blue | |
| Temperature | cool | cool | |
| Color family | Blue | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Hale Navy (BM HC-154), published as #434B56
#324354
#535356
Newburyport Blue (BM HC-155), published as #465566
#334C64
#585E66
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Which should you pick
Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.
- Pick Newburyport Blue (BM HC-155) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 2 LRV points lighter (10.3 vs 8.4), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Newburyport Blue (BM HC-155) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is -11.7 against -7.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Hale Navy (BM HC-154) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* -7.6), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Hale Navy in other brands
Closest matches to Newburyport Blue in other brands
Common questions
- Is Hale Navy the same color as Newburyport Blue?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 4.4. Most people can see the difference between Hale Navy and Newburyport Blue side by side.
- Which is lighter, Hale Navy or Newburyport Blue?
- Newburyport Blue, with an LRV of 10.3 against 8.4.
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Sources: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02). 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.