If you love Farrow & Ball’s Lobster but want it from a more widely stocked range, you have options — it’s a light blue-green. PaintDial’s closest match from another UK brand is Hawaiian Blue 5 by Dulux (very close), with every other close match ranked below.
Hawaiian Blue 5 by Dulux is the closest match from any other brand (very close) — though it’s slightly softer. The closest value-tier option is Ocean Turquoise by Johnstone's (very close), darker (about 2 LRV points). Only one of the 8 other brands manages a near-identical match, which makes Lobster fairly distinctive. LRV is estimated from each brand’s swatch, so order testers before committing.
Below is every genuinely close match to Lobster from the other eight brands — ranked purely by closeness, so where one brand has several near-misses, they all appear. For the single best match per brand, see the Lobster colour page.
The nearest Dulux colour is Hawaiian Blue 5 (very close). It won’t be pixel-perfect, so order a tester before committing.
Of the close matches, Ocean Turquoise by Johnstone's is the best-value option (value, very close).
The list shows every genuinely close match from other brands, ranked nearest-first by perceptual colour difference — including several from one brand where they’re all close. Screens differ from paint on a wall, so treat these as a shortlist and always order tester pots.
Search any paint name in the tool to see its closest matches across every UK brand.
See the full Lobster colour page →