Heaven
Benjamin Moore 1661
- HEX
- #C4D8DE
- RGB
- 196, 216, 222
- LAB
- 85.1, -5.5, -5.2
- LRV
- ≈ 66
- Family
- Light Gray, cool
- Nearest RAL
- 7035 Light Grey
With an LRV of about 66, Heaven reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.
Heaven in other brands
- Balmy Sherwin-Williams 6512 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.4
- Dartmoor Mist Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
- M3650U Crown Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
- Cloudy Sky Behr S470-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.8
- Winter Teal 5 Dulux UK 1187319 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
- Falling Tears Dunn-Edwards DE5792 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
How it looks with color blindness
- Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
- Protanopia Reads as light gray
- Tritanopia Reads as grayish green
- Achromatopsia Reads as light gray
Under different light
- Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns beige
- Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
- Daylight, 6500 K As listed
Questions
Is Heaven warm or cool?
Cool. Its LAB b value of -5.2 and a value of -5.5 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Sherwin-Williams color to Heaven?
Balmy (6512), at ΔE 0.4. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Heaven?
≈ 66. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.