Benjamin Moore Silver Gray 2131-60

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What are Benjamin Moore Silver Gray undertones?
Is Silver Gray 2131-60 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Silver Gray
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Silver Gray 2131-60
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Silver Gray 2131-60
Code:	2131-60
Name:	Silver Gray
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Silver Gray?

Benjamin Moore Silver Gray 2131-60 is a light blue-gray with a cool, softly muted cast. Its pale value keeps it airy on larger wall areas, while the blue influence gives it more character than a standard neutral gray. In daylight, this color can read clean and silvery with a noticeable blue tint; warmer evening bulbs may soften it toward a gentler gray. It suits bedrooms, bathrooms, laundry rooms, and north-facing spaces where a fresh, low-contrast backdrop is welcome. Pair Silver Gray with crisp white trim, pale oak, brushed nickel, charcoal accents, or warm linen textiles to give the cool color some natural contrast.

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What are Benjamin Moore Silver Gray undertones?

Silver Gray reads as a light, highly muted blue-gray with a subtle teal-leaning cast in the supplied digital sample. Its low saturation keeps the color soft and gray-forward rather than distinctly blue or green. Benjamin Moore describes it as a pale blue-gray with “silvery undertones,” which fits its cool, muted blue-gray main family rather than suggesting a strong separate undertone. Warm artificial light may make the gray aspect feel a little less cool, while cool daylight can make its pale blue-gray character more noticeable.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#C4CFD2

RGB code:

196, 207, 210

Is Benjamin Moore Silver Gray cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 193°, this Blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.

2131-60 Silver Gray HSL code: 193, 13%, 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 Silver Gray

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

Sunrise

Morning

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 Blue shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Silver 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

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Darker shades

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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 Silver Gray with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 13, such as Benjamin Moore Quietly Violet and Desert Shadows.

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LRV of Silver Gray

Silver Gray has an LRV of 60.27% 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 60.27%, 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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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#C4CFD2
RGB Decimal	196, 207, 210
RGB Percent	76.86%, 81.18%, 82.35%
HSV	Hue: 193° Saturation: 6.67% Value: 82.35%
HSL	hsl(193, 13, 80)
CMYK	Cyan: 6.67 Magenta: 1.43 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 17.65
YIQ	Y: 204.053 I: -7.519 Q: -1.393
XYZ	X: 56.707 Y: 61.014 Z: 69.745
CIE Lab	L:82.386 a:-3.155 b:-2.772
CIE Luv	L:82.386 u:-6.211 v:-3.672
Decimal	12898258
Hunter Lab	78.111, -7.108, 1.739