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Settled, side by side

Accessible Beige

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7036

Deep Secret

Benjamin Moore · CSP-625

57.67
LRV
11.64
Accessible Beige is 46 points lighter
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Hex
#525A60
209 · 199 · 184
RGB
82 · 90 · 96
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Accessible Beige is warm; Deep Secret is cool.
Warm greige with a soft brown-gold base
Undertone
Charcoal grey leaning blue; a slate rather than a soot
Beige
Family
Gray
Collection
Color Stories

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Accessible Beige is the lighter of the two at LRV 57.67, 46 points above Deep Secret at LRV 11.64. Accessible Beige leans warm where Deep Secret reads cool. Accessible Beige is a beige, Deep Secret a gray. For a whole room, Accessible Beige is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Deep Secret is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Accessible Beige (SW 7036) leans further into beige than most greiges, with a soft brown-gold base that reads warm and grounded. At an LRV near 58 it's a hair deeper than Agreeable Gray, giving rooms a cozier, more traditional feel.

Deep Secret is a dark charcoal grey with a clear blue undertone — Benjamin Moore files it in the blue family and calls it 'your new favorite gray'. It comes from the Color Stories collection, whose full-spectrum formulas shift more with the light than standard paints.

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