New Duck Egg is a pale blue from Johnstone's, hex #A8CACE. Its light reflectance value is 55, a mid-tone that holds its colour in most light.
- HEX
- #A8CACE
- RGB
- 168, 202, 206
- HSL
- 186°, 28%, 73%
- CMYK
- 18, 2, 0, 19
- LRV
- 55
See it on the walls
A whole room in this colour, lit by daylight.
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Closest matches
The nearest paint from each other brand, closest first, or pick a brand for its closest few.
The closest matches to New Duck Egg are 30BG 56097 by Dulux Trade (good match), Blue 08 by Lick (good match) and Blue Ground by Farrow & Ball (good match).
ΔE is the colour difference: under 1.5 is hard to tell apart, under 3.5 reads as the same colour, and past 6 is a different colour.
Dulux Trade equivalents to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Dulux Trade has 5 equivalents to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg, closest first. Compare Johnstone's and Dulux Trade range to range.
Lick equivalents to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Lick has 1 equivalent to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg, closest first, then 2 near misses. Compare Johnstone's and Lick range to range.
Farrow & Ball equivalents to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Farrow & Ball has 1 equivalent to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg, closest first, then 2 near misses. Compare Johnstone's and Farrow & Ball range to range.
Benjamin Moore equivalents to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Benjamin Moore has 5 equivalents to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg, closest first. Compare Johnstone's and Benjamin Moore range to range.
Crown equivalents to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Crown has 1 equivalent to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg, closest first, then 2 near misses. Compare Johnstone's and Crown range to range.
Colourtrend equivalents to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Colourtrend has 4 equivalents to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg, closest first, then 1 near miss. Compare Johnstone's and Colourtrend range to range.
Dulux equivalents to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Dulux has 3 equivalents to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg, closest first, then 2 near misses. Compare Johnstone's and Dulux range to range.
Little Greene equivalents to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Little Greene has 1 equivalent to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg, closest first, then 2 near misses. Compare Johnstone's and Little Greene range to range.
Closest Fleetwood paints to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Fleetwood has no true equivalent to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg. These are its closest 4, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Johnstone's and Fleetwood range to range.
Closest Dulux Heritage paints to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Dulux Heritage has no true equivalent to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Johnstone's and Dulux Heritage range to range.
Closest Acres Hall paints to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Acres Hall has no true equivalent to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Johnstone's and Acres Hall range to range.
Closest Ronseal paints to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Ronseal has no true equivalent to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Johnstone's and Ronseal range to range.
Closest Curator paints to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Curator has no true equivalent to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg. These are its closest 3, nearest first, and the nearest is a close alternative. Compare Johnstone's and Curator range to range.
Closest Alchemist paints to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Alchemist has nothing close to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Johnstone's and Alchemist range to range.
Closest Farrelly & Co paints to Johnstone's New Duck Egg
Farrelly & Co has nothing close to Johnstone's's New Duck Egg. These are its nearest 3 paints, and none of them is a match. Compare Johnstone's and Farrelly & Co range to range.
Compare whole ranges
Johnstone's against another brand, a cross-section at a time.
Works well with
Real paints for each job in the room: the trim, the walls around it, deeper and paler versions, and an accent.
Whites for trim
Whites whose undertone agrees with this colour, for woodwork and ceilings.
Neutrals alongside
Quieter colours of the same temperature, for the other walls or the room next door.
Tints and shades
Lighter and darker versions of this same colour.
Where it sits in the Blues
Swatcher lays each family out as one long colour card, from the heart of the family outwards. These are the chips either side of New Duck Egg on it, so some of them look quite different.
New Duck Egg is the 1,407th of 1,469 blues Swatcher knows about.