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Settled, side by side

Grant Beige

Benjamin Moore · HC-83

Pelican Gray

Benjamin Moore · 1612

55.81
LRV
58.58
Pelican Gray is 2.8 points lighter
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Hex
#C6CBCC
207 · 195 · 175
RGB
198 · 203 · 204
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Grant Beige is warm; Pelican Gray is cool.
Warm greige with a soft gold cast
Undertone
Silvery grey with a blue lean; the color of a wet slate roof
Beige
Family
Gray
Historical Colors
Collection
Classics Color Collection

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Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Pelican Gray is the lighter of the two at LRV 58.58, 2.8 points above Grant Beige at LRV 55.81. Grant Beige leans warm where Pelican Gray reads cool. Grant 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 Grant Beige is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Grant Beige balances beige and grey in nearly equal measure — the textbook greige. A slight yellow-gold undertone adds warmth, while the grey content keeps it from ever reading sweet or sandy. It is the safe, sophisticated neutral that anchors a whole-home palette.

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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