The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Cascade White
Benjamin Moore · 2127-70
White with a weather forecast
Pelican Gray
Benjamin Moore · 1612
Grey, silver-lined
In real rooms
Every room, each colorPelican Gray
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersCascade White is the lighter of the two at LRV 73.71, 15.1 points above Pelican Gray at LRV 58.58. Both read cool. Cascade White is a whites, Pelican Gray a grays. For a whole room, Cascade White is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Pelican Gray is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsCascade White is a cool off-white with a blue-grey cast that is visible even on the chip. At LRV 74 it is bright enough to read as white across a room, but next to a warm white it is unmistakably tinted — the color of a cloud on a clear day. It is crisp, modern and a little Scandinavian.
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.