RAL 9007 Grey Aluminium

With an LRV of about 23, RAL 9007 Grey Aluminium absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. RAL does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color. RAL is a physical standard. #868581 is a screen approximation of RAL 9007; sources list slightly different HEX values, so check a RAL card before ordering paint.

RAL 9007 Grey Aluminium in other brands

• Leaping Gray Nippon Paint NP N 2039T Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Menhir Asian Paints K297 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Street Benjamin Moore CSP-45 Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Hempel 19871 Hempel Gray Very close ΔE 0.6
• Cast Steel Met. MyPerfectColor MP18146 Gray Very close ΔE 0.7
• Titanium C2 Paint C2-952 Gray Very close ΔE 0.8

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns brown
• Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Nearby RAL whites and blacks

Questions

What is the HEX code of RAL 9007?

#868581 on screen, RGB 134, 133, 129. RAL is a physical standard, so check a RAL card before ordering paint.

Is RAL 9007 Grey Aluminium warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -0.4 and b value of 2.3 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Nippon Paint color to RAL 9007 Grey Aluminium?

Leaping Gray (NP N 2039T), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of RAL 9007 Grey Aluminium?

≈ 23. RAL does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.