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Settled, side by side

Silver Satin

Benjamin Moore · OC-26

Gray Owl

Benjamin Moore · OC-52

74.9
LRV
64.51
Silver Satin is 10.4 points lighter
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Hex
#D3D4CC
228 · 225 · 217
RGB
211 · 212 · 204
Warm
Warmth
Cool
Silver Satin is warm; Gray Owl is cool.
Warm grey-beige, a faint violet that rarely flashes green
Undertone
Light gray with a cool, crisp cast; designers see green, sometimes blue-green
White
Family
Gray
Off-White Collection
Collection
Off-White Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Silver Satin is the lighter of the two at LRV 74.9, 10.4 points above Gray Owl at LRV 64.51. Silver Satin leans warm where Gray Owl reads cool. Silver Satin is a white, Gray Owl a gray. For a whole room, Silver Satin is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Gray Owl is the bolder pick.

How they read

In their own words

Silver Satin is the quiet professional of the off-white world — soft, low-chroma, and just warm enough to never read as stark. In a north-facing room it settles into a calm greige; in afternoon sun it lifts to a clean, milky white without ever turning yellow.

Gray Owl OC-52 is Benjamin Moore's "use-anywhere light gray with a cool, crisp cast". It is in the Off-White Collection, and the same colour also appears in the brand's Color Preview range as 2137-60. Its LRV is 64.51.

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