Farrow & Ball Blackened#DDDBD9 · LRV 71
Blackened reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Farrow & Ball No. 2011 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Color spec
| Brand | Farrow & Ball |
| Name | Blackened |
| SKU | No. 2011 |
| Hex | #DDDBD9 |
| RGB | 221, 219, 217 |
| HSL | 30°, 6%, 86% |
| LRV | 71 |
| Undertone | red-orange / warm |
| Family | Gray |
About Farrow & Ball Blackened
At LRV 71, Blackened 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.
Blackened 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.
Closest matches at every US brand
9 brands · top 5 each5 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
Sherwin-Williams
Behr
Dunn-Edwards
Benjamin Moore
PPG / Glidden
Magnolia Home
Clare
Similar Farrow & Ball colors
closest in the Farrow & Ball deckThe nearest shades to Blackened within Farrow & Ball's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #DDDBD9 in HSL space. Pair Blackened with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
Accessibility (WCAG contrast)
WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.