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BENJAMIN MOORE · 1494

Benjamin Moore Vale Mist#C7C8B7 · LRV 56

Vale Mist reads as a yellow / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Benjamin Moore 1494 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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BENJAMIN MOORE VALE MIST
RGB 199, 200, 183 LRV 56

Color spec

Brand Benjamin Moore
Name Vale Mist
SKU 1494
Hex #C7C8B7
RGB 199, 200, 183
HSL 64°, 13%, 75%
LRV 56
Undertone yellow / warm
Family Neutral

About Benjamin Moore Vale Mist

At LRV 56, Vale Mist is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.

Vale Mist 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.

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
Palatine
SKU 0370 · #C9C7B6 · LRV 57
ΔE 1.42 (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 neutral from that brand.

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.4
All neutral at Behr →
PPU10-10
#CAC8B6
Ocean Foam
ΔE 1.4 · LRV 57
N320-3
#C2C9B9
Tanglewood
ΔE 2.6 · LRV 57
PPU8-16
#CEC7B8
Coliseum Marble
ΔE 4.22 · LRV 57
MQ6-31
#D0C7B8
Shoreline Haze
ΔE 5.26 · LRV 58
720C-3
#CDC5BA
Wheat Bread
ΔE 5.79 · LRV 56

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.4
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
1029-3
#CAC8B6
French Gray Linen
ΔE 1.4 · LRV 57
1125-3
#C8CAB5
Whispering Pine
ΔE 1.66 · LRV 58
1030-2
#C3C7B2
Pale Pine
ΔE 2.19 · LRV 56
1128-3
#C5CABE
Life Lesson
ΔE 2.54 · LRV 58
14-32
#CEC7B8
Ostrich Feather
ΔE 4.22 · LRV 57

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.75
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 266
#C0C2B3
Mizzle
ΔE 1.75 · LRV 53
NO. 236
#C0CDC2
Teresa's Green
ΔE 5.36 · LRV 59
NO. 15
#CEC3AD
Bone
ΔE 5.66 · LRV 55
NO. 242
#C8C3BC
Pavilion Gray
ΔE 6 · LRV 55
NO. 4
#CFC3AD
Old White
ΔE 6.11 · LRV 55

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.94
All neutral at Valspar →
T669
#C8C5B3
Grasscloth
ΔE 1.94 · LRV 55.5
6001-3B
#C9C8B1
Mint Frost
ΔE 2.26 · LRV 56.9
6005-3B
#C9C5B3
Brown Buzz
ΔE 2.39 · LRV 55.5
M204
#C8C5B7
Swiss Livery
ΔE 2.53 · LRV 55.4
V146-2
#CCC6B4
Rippling Stone
ΔE 3.32 · LRV 56.3

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.11
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 2.11 · LRV 60
PNT100-MD-47
#C4CEBD
Dirty Martini
ΔE 3.94 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-08
#CBCBC5
Windy City
ΔE 5.02 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-46
#C1CFC2
Two Scoops
ΔE 5.53 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 5.83 · LRV 58

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.6
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-18
#CDCABC
Gatherings
ΔE 2.6 · LRV 59
JG-12
#C5C9C2
Wedding Band
ΔE 4.29 · LRV 58
JG-117
#CBC9C1
Earl Gray
ΔE 4.46 · LRV 58
JG-104
#D1C8B8
Southern Grown
ΔE 5.09 · LRV 58
JG-156
#D3C9B7
Plaster
ΔE 5.36 · LRV 59

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.54
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6197
#C9C9C0
Aloof Gray
ΔE 3.54 · LRV 58
SW 7015
#CCC9C0
Repose Gray
ΔE 4.35 · LRV 58
SW 7738
#CDC4AE
Cargo Pants
ΔE 4.76 · LRV 56
SW 7036
#D1C7B8
Accessible Beige
ΔE 5.78 · LRV 58
SW 7043
#CEC6BB
Worldly Gray
ΔE 5.79 · LRV 57

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.59
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6276
#CBCDC4
Silhouette
ΔE 3.59 · LRV 60
DE6192
#D2C6AE
Nomadic Taupe
ΔE 6.09 · LRV 57
DEC767
#D2C5AE
Riverbed
ΔE 6.51 · LRV 57
DE6206
#D5C7B3
Desert Suede
ΔE 7.1 · LRV 58
DEC790
#CAC7C4
Ice Gray
ΔE 7.17 · LRV 57

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.43
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 4.43 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 6.99 · LRV 73
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 14.17 · LRV 60
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 16.98 · LRV 51
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 18.22 · LRV 53

Similar Benjamin Moore colors

closest in the Benjamin Moore deck

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

CSP-130
Doily
LRV null
AF-465
Wind Chime
LRV 57
CSP-770
Sagebrush
LRV null
1485
Brushed Aluminum
LRV null
973
Ice Formations
LRV 55
HC-172
Revere Pewter
LRV 55

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C7C8B7 in HSL space. Pair Vale Mist with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C7C8B7 + #B8B7C8
TRIADIC
#C7C8B7 · #B7C7C8 · #C8B7C7
ANALOGOUS
#C8C1B7 · #C7C8B7 · #BFC8B7

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.7:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.37:1 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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