Benjamin Moore Cliffside Gray HC-180

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Cliffside Gray for living room (3 photos)
Benjamin Moore Cliffside Gray reviews (6 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Cliffside Gray undertones?
Is Cliffside Gray HC-180 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Cliffside Gray
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Cliffside Gray HC-180
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Cliffside Gray HC-180
Code:	HC-180
Name:	Cliffside Gray
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Cliffside Gray?

Benjamin Moore Cliffside Gray HC-180 is a light, muted gray with a soft green cast visible in its #CCD0CA color value. It reads clean and understated on broad walls, with enough depth to stand apart from bright white trim without making a room feel dark. Daylight may bring out its gentle green-gray character, while warmer evening lighting can make it appear more neutral. Use it in kitchens, bedrooms, or living areas alongside warm whites, pale oak, limestone, brushed nickel, and soft charcoal details. This shade is especially well suited to walls and cabinetry where a quiet, low-saturation gray is wanted.

Cliffside Gray for living room (3 photos)

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Benjamin Moore Cliffside Gray reviews (6 photos)

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What are Benjamin Moore Cliffside Gray undertones?

Cliffside Gray is a light, low-saturation gray that reads close to neutral, with a soft yellow-green direction visible in the supplied digital sample. That slight bias may make it seem a touch less blue or icy than many cool grays, though it is subtle enough that surrounding colors and lighting can change the impression. Benjamin Moore describes it as a “breezy wash of gray” and compares it to pale driftwood, a description that fits its muted, lightly warmed gray character rather than a strongly colored undertone. Warm artificial light can bring forward its faint yellow cast, while cool daylight may make it appear cleaner and more neutral-to-slightly green.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#CCD0CA

RGB code:

204, 208, 202

Is Benjamin Moore Cliffside Gray cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 100°, this Grey leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.

HC-180 Cliffside Gray HSL code: 100, 6%, 80%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Cliffside Gray

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Cliffside Gray:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

HC-180
Cliffside Gray

Darker shades

HC-180
Cliffside Gray

Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Cliffside Gray with a yellow hue, complementary colors are those with a purple hue close to 280, such as Benjamin Moore Iris Bliss and Grappa.

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LRV of Cliffside Gray

Cliffside Gray has an LRV of 60.56% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 60.56%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft² living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#CCD0CA
RGB Decimal	204, 208, 202
RGB Percent	80.00%, 81.57%, 79.22%
HSV	Hue: 100° Saturation: 2.88% Value: 81.57%
HSL	hsl(100, 6, 80)
CMYK	Cyan: 1.92 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 2.88 Key: 18.43
YIQ	Y: 206.12 I: -0.456 Q: -2.713
XYZ	X: 58.116 Y: 62.213 Z: 64.808
CIE Lab	L:83.027 a:-2.459 b:2.5
CIE Luv	L:83.027 u:-1.933 v:4.183
Decimal	13422794
Hunter Lab	78.875, -6.512, 6.497