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Settled, side by side

Accessible Beige

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7036

Pelican Gray

Benjamin Moore · 1612

57.67
LRV
58.58
Pelican Gray is 0.9 points lighter
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Hex
#C6CBCC
209 · 199 · 184
RGB
198 · 203 · 204
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Accessible Beige is warm; Pelican Gray is cool.
Warm greige with a soft brown-gold base
Undertone
Silvery grey with a blue lean; the color of a wet slate roof
Beige
Family
Gray
Collection
Classics Color Collection

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The difference

Read from the numbers

Pelican Gray is the lighter of the two at LRV 58.58, 0.9 points above Accessible Beige at LRV 57.67. Accessible Beige leans warm where Pelican Gray reads cool. Accessible Beige is a beige, Pelican Gray a gray. For a whole room, Pelican Gray is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Accessible Beige 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.

Pelican Gray is a light, silvery grey with a clear blue lean — cooler than the greiges that dominated the last decade, and all the better for it. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to feel deliberate. It is the grey of a slate roof after rain.

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