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BENJAMIN MOORE · 1577

Benjamin Moore Arctic Gray#C9CFC9 · LRV 61

Arctic Gray reads as a green / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Benjamin Moore 1577 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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BENJAMIN MOORE ARCTIC GRAY
RGB 201, 207, 201 LRV 61

Color spec

Brand Benjamin Moore
Name Arctic Gray
SKU 1577
Hex #C9CFC9
RGB 201, 207, 201
HSL 120°, 6%, 80%
LRV 61
Undertone green / cool
Family Gray

About Benjamin Moore Arctic Gray

At LRV 61, Arctic Gray is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Because it carries almost no measurable hue, it stays a true neutral and pairs cleanly with nearly any trim or floor. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.

Arctic Gray is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Foggy Mist
SKU 0475 · #C8D1CC · LRV 62
ΔE 1.36 (near-perfect)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all gray from that brand.

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.66
All gray at Valspar →
8004-32B
#CBD0C9
Three Wishes
ΔE 0.66 · LRV 62
V140-2
#CBD0C9
Three Wishes
ΔE 0.66 · LRV 62
5001-3B
#C8CFCC
Northern Sky
ΔE 1.47 · LRV 61.5
T676
#CAD0C6
Breezy Day
ΔE 1.83 · LRV 61.7
V099-2
#C6D0C7
Fountain Foam
ΔE 2.34 · LRV 61.3

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.56
All gray at PPG / Glidden →
10-07
#CDD2C9
Bay Of Fundy
ΔE 1.56 · LRV 63
1039-1
#CBD1D0
Ghost Whisperer
ΔE 2.6 · LRV 63
1036-2
#C9D2D1
Winter Chill
ΔE 2.69 · LRV 63
10-31
#C4D1C6
White Clover
ΔE 3.86 · LRV 61
1002-3
#D0CCC5
Cool Slate
ΔE 4.82 · LRV 61

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.68
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-12
#C5C9C2
Wedding Band
ΔE 1.68 · LRV 58
JG-13
#C9CEC4
Emmie's Room
ΔE 1.84 · LRV 61
JG-74
#CCD0CE
Dark Moon
ΔE 2.4 · LRV 62
JG-55
#D1D1C5
Stoneware Pieces
ΔE 3.57 · LRV 63
JG-117
#CBC9C1
Earl Gray
ΔE 3.91 · LRV 58

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.78
All gray at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 52
#CBCEC5
Pearl Gray
ΔE 1.78 · LRV 61
SW 7654
#CECEC6
Lattice
ΔE 2.8 · LRV 61
SW 7651
#CCCCC5
Front Porch
ΔE 2.81 · LRV 60
SW 7064
#CBCCC9
Passive
ΔE 3.07 · LRV 60
SW 7671
#D0CEC8
On the Rocks
ΔE 3.87 · LRV 62

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.83
All gray at Behr →
MQ3-48
#C9CFC5
Shy Green
ΔE 1.83 · LRV 61
790A-3
#CCCEC9
Road Runner
ΔE 2.01 · LRV 61
BXC-59
#C9D0C5
Pavestone
ΔE 2.36 · LRV 62
N200-2
#CDCEC5
Doeskin Gray
ΔE 2.48 · LRV 61
QE-49
#CCCBC7
Mexican Silver
ΔE 3.76 · LRV 60

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.9
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 1.9 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-08
#CBCBC5
Windy City
ΔE 2.92 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-46
#C1CFC2
Two Scoops
ΔE 4.76 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-31
#CED0D3
Wink
ΔE 5.56 · LRV 63
PNT100-LT-17
#D4CBC0
Flatiron
ΔE 7.18 · LRV 61

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.93
All gray at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 205
#CCD0CD
Skylight
ΔE 1.93 · LRV 62
NO. 236
#C0CDC2
Teresa's Green
ΔE 3.99 · LRV 59
NO. 285
#CFCEC0
Cromarty
ΔE 4.35 · LRV 61
NO. 228
#D1CBC3
Cornforth White
ΔE 5.8 · LRV 60
NO. 284
#D3CFCD
Worsted
ΔE 5.93 · LRV 63

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.13
All gray at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6276
#CBCDC4
Silhouette
ΔE 2.13 · LRV 60
DE6283
#C8D1C4
Granite
ΔE 3.5 · LRV 62
DE6262
#CDD0C0
Glass Tile
ΔE 4.33 · LRV 62
DE5716
#BFD1C9
Rolling Waves
ΔE 4.94 · LRV 61
DEC786
#D3CEC5
Miner's Dust
ΔE 5.24 · LRV 62

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.93
All gray at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 6.93 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 9.51 · LRV 73
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 12.24 · LRV 51
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 15.36 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 19.02 · LRV 53

Similar Benjamin Moore colors

closest in the Benjamin Moore deck

The nearest shades to Arctic Gray within Benjamin Moore's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

1480
Sleigh Bells
LRV 60
1563
Quiet Moments
LRV 61
CC-700
Smoky Green
LRV 61
HC-180
Cliffside Gray
LRV 61
CSP-5
Perspective™
LRV 60
2134-60
Whitestone
LRV null

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C9CFC9 in HSL space. Pair Arctic Gray with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C9CFC9 + #CFC9CF
TRIADIC
#C9CFC9 · #C9C9CF · #CFC9C9
ANALOGOUS
#CCCFC9 · #C9CFC9 · #C9CFCC

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.58:1 fail
Sample text on black
13.25:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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