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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
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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

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

  • Harbor Benjamin Moore 2062-70 White
  • Soft Benjamin Moore 2135-50 Grayish Blue

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.