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Comfort Gray

Sherwin-Williams 6205

HEX
#BEC3BB
RGB
190, 195, 187
LAB
78.2, -3.2, 3.4
LRV
≈ 54
Family
Light Gray, neutral
Nearest RAL
9018 Papyrus White
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With an LRV of about 54, Comfort Gray reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Comfort Gray in other brands

  • Rhino Behr 710E-3 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Graceful Green Dulux UK 1915059 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Silent Storm Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Ice Flow Vista C-447 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
  • Ice Flow Hallman Lindsay 448 Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.0
  • Midden Hardsteen Flexa Light Gray Very close ΔE 1.1

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

  • Mild Blue Sherwin-Williams 6533 Light Gray
  • Stardew Sherwin-Williams 9138 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

  • Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
  • Protanopia Reads as light gray
  • Tritanopia Reads as light gray
  • Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

  • Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns yellow
  • Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Comfort Gray warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -3.2 and b value of 3.4 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Behr color to Comfort Gray?

Rhino (710E-3), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Comfort Gray?

≈ 54. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.