The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Pelican Gray
Benjamin Moore · 1612
Grey, silver-lined
Chantilly Lace
Benjamin Moore · OC-65
The crispest, cleanest white in the room
In real rooms
Every room, each colorPelican Gray
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersChantilly Lace is the lighter of the two at LRV 90.04, 31.5 points above Pelican Gray at LRV 58.58. Pelican Gray leans cool where Chantilly Lace reads cool-neutral. Pelican Gray is a grays, Chantilly Lace a whites. For a whole room, Chantilly Lace is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Pelican Gray is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsPelican 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.
Chantilly Lace (OC-65) is the brightest, crispest white in Benjamin Moore's lineup, with an LRV around 90 and an almost-neutral undertone that carries only the faintest cool edge. It reads as a clean, pure white in nearly any light.