Woodlawn Blue

HC-147 · Benjamin Moore

Benjamin Moore

Woodlawn Blue

HC-147

Hex code

#C1D0CA

Light reflectance value (LRV)

60.7Light, brightens without washing out

0 black100 white

Undertone

Subtle green, a green color

Color family: Blue
Sold for: Interior and exterior

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Benjamin Moore Woodlawn Blue HC-147 is a soft blue-green in the Historical Colors line, quieter and grayer than most of the spa colors it sits beside. Its LRV of 61 keeps a room bright while still leaving something visible on the wall. Our method reads it as a subtle green, and there is so little pigment in it that what you get depends heavily on the exposure and on whatever the wall is next to.

Is Woodlawn Blue warm or cool? Undertones by the numbers

leans green

Undertone

Subtle green

graysaturated

A gentle lean, quiet on the wall.

Measured, Woodlawn Blue is a green with a small blue thread and barely any yellow, and that missing yellow is what keeps it from turning sage the way its neighbors do. Beside a crisp white it looks like a very pale aqua; beside a warm cream it reads gray with a suggestion of green in it. It sits comfortably with white oak and with cool marble, and it is one of the few pale blue-greens that does not fight gray tile. Annapolis Green 687 is a shade greener again, Bali 702 a shade deeper, and Palladian Blue HC-144 holds a little more color than this does.

Woodlawn Blue in north, south, east and west light

Because so little pigment is in the can, exposure decides what you get. A north room strips the warmth out and leaves a cool, quiet gray-green, which is right for a bedroom meant to feel still and wrong for a north kitchen, where the walls just look washed. South rooms bring the green forward and give the friendliest version of it. An east room shows it fresh before lunch and grayer after. West light leaves a faint olive cast in the last hours. Keep bulbs between 2700K and 3000K, since anything cooler flattens it out.

Watch for

Washes out to a plain gray in a north kitchen under daylight bulbs
Reads noticeably greener against stark white trim than against a cream
Beside a true aqua it stops looking blue at all and reads gray

Best rooms and surfaces for Woodlawn Blue

Woodlawn Blue is a bedroom color above all, light enough for a small room and quiet enough that it never competes with bedding or art. On a ceiling above white walls it gives a tint that reads as light rather than paint, which is worth knowing in a room with low ceilings. On kitchen cabinets it is a mild choice, closer to a pale gray than a statement, and it needs warm hardware or a wood counter to keep from going cold. It falls apart in a windowless room, where it collapses to gray and the point of choosing a color is lost.

Woodlawn Blue on an exterior

Benjamin Moore lists Woodlawn Blue for exterior use, though it is a shy color outdoors. On siding in full sun it reads as a pale gray with only a suggestion of green, which suits a cottage or a shingled house where softness matters more than a stated color. It has more presence on a porch ceiling, on shutters and on a garage door, where the surface is smaller and often shaded. Pair it with a white trim; a cream trim leaves the siding looking dirty.

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Woodlawn Blue vs Palladian Blue, Sea Salt, Rainwashed and Beach Glass

Living room walls rendered in Benjamin Moore Palladian Blue HC-144, white trim, ceiling and wood floor unchanged

Woodlawn Blue vs Palladian Blue HC-144

Woodlawn Blue is a touch lighter; both have a subtle green undertone.

Palladian Blue HC-144 and Woodlawn Blue are the pair nobody can separate on a chip, and at 60 against 61 the lightness really is identical. Palladian Blue carries a fraction more color and shows its green sooner in warm light; Woodlawn Blue stays quieter and closer to gray. Under strong sun the two look alike. In a dim room Woodlawn Blue is the one that gives up its color first.

Living room walls rendered in Sherwin-Williams Sea Salt SW 6204, white trim, ceiling and wood floor unchanged

Woodlawn Blue vs Sea Salt SW 6204

Woodlawn Blue is a touch darker; both have a subtle green undertone.

Sea Salt SW 6204 is greener and slightly lighter at 63 against 61, with a soft dusty quality Woodlawn Blue does not have. Woodlawn Blue keeps a cleaner edge and reads cooler against white. If the room has beige or tan in it, Sea Salt blends in; if it has white marble, black metal or pale wood, Woodlawn Blue is the easier fit.

Living room walls rendered in Sherwin-Williams Rainwashed SW 6211, white trim, ceiling and wood floor unchanged

Woodlawn Blue vs Rainwashed SW 6211

Woodlawn Blue is a touch lighter; both have a subtle green undertone.

Rainwashed SW 6211 is the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to Woodlawn Blue with a page here, two points darker at 59 and a touch warmer through the green. Side by side, Rainwashed looks slightly muddier and Woodlawn Blue slightly icier. Neither is a strong color, so the choice usually comes down to the trim: Rainwashed suits a cream trim, Woodlawn Blue a bright white one.

Living room walls rendered in Benjamin Moore Beach Glass 1564, white trim, ceiling and wood floor unchanged

Woodlawn Blue vs Beach Glass 1564

Woodlawn Blue is much lighter; both have a subtle green undertone.

Beach Glass 1564 lands eleven points darker at 50 and behaves like a proper mid-tone, where Woodlawn Blue is barely more than a tinted white. Beach Glass also carries more gray, so it stays steady in a room with weak light instead of thinning out. Choose Beach Glass for a bathroom you want to feel wrapped, and Woodlawn Blue when the room should stay open and pale.

Questions about Woodlawn Blue

Does Woodlawn Blue look more green than blue?

Yes. The measurement puts green ahead of blue, with a thin blue thread behind it, so on most walls it reads as a pale gray-green with a coastal cast. The blue only takes the lead in cool north light or under bulbs above 3500K, and even then it stays soft.

Is Woodlawn Blue a good bathroom color?

It is a safe one. At this lightness it keeps a small bathroom feeling open, and it works with both white and cream tile, which is not true of stronger blue-greens. In a bathroom with no window it loses most of its color, so a wall of it there will read as gray paint.

What is the Sherwin-Williams version of Woodlawn Blue?

Piedmont SW 9657 measures nearest and would fool most people once it is rolled out. Rainwashed SW 6211 is a very close second and the one with its own page here. Copen Blue SW 0068 is the third, slightly grayer again. Sample rather than trusting a chip, since all three shift with the light.

What colors go with Woodlawn Blue?

Benjamin Moore pairs it with Cloud White OC-130 as the soft white, Chelsea Gray HC-168 as a mid-depth neutral and Tawny Port 1281 as a warm accent. In materials it takes white oak, rattan, brushed nickel and Carrara marble easily, and it sits badly with orange-toned wood, which pushes it gray.

What is one shade lighter than Woodlawn Blue?

Winter Ice 866 at 75 is the step up on its strip, and it is a big one: that color reads as a white with a cast rather than a color. For a smaller move, White Rain 708 at 65 keeps the same character and only lifts the wall a little.

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Use the visualizer to narrow your shortlist, then confirm the finalist on your actual wall. A peel-and-stick sample of Woodlawn Blue, checked in morning and evening light, is the last step before a gallon.