The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Stonington Gray
Benjamin Moore · HC-170
The grey that does not pick a side
Chantilly Lace
Benjamin Moore · OC-65
The crispest, cleanest white in the room
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersChantilly Lace is the lighter of the two at LRV 90.04, 30.7 points above Stonington Gray at LRV 59.36. Stonington Gray leans neutral where Chantilly Lace reads cool-neutral. Stonington 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 Stonington Gray is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsStonington Gray is Benjamin Moore's most balanced light grey — neither warm nor cool, with a faint green-blue base that keeps it from going purple, the failing of so many greys. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to read as a color against white trim.
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.