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FARROW & BALL · NO. 266

Farrow & Ball Mizzle#A4A89A · LRV 38

Why this color. Soft blue-green-gray; F&B's quiet alternative to Inchyra Blue.

Mizzle reads as a green / cool — mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light. The notes below cover the spec, what Farrow & Ball No. 266 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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FARROW & BALL MIZZLE
RGB 164, 168, 154 LRV 38

Color spec

Brand Farrow & Ball
Name Mizzle
SKU No. 266
Hex #A4A89A
RGB 164, 168, 154
HSL 77°, 7%, 63%
LRV 38
Undertone green / cool
Family Gray

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
Silverado Ranch
SKU 0421 · #A7A89B · LRV 39
ΔE 1.56 (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.

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.8
All gray at Behr →
HDC-AC-18
#A5AA9D
Garden Promenade
ΔE 0.8 · LRV 39
PPU10-16
#A7A897
Simply Sage
ΔE 1.73 · LRV 38
BXC-54
#9DA69A
River Pebble
ΔE 2.43 · LRV 37
HDC-NT-01
#A5A495
Woodland Sage
ΔE 2.53 · LRV 37
PPU11-15
#9FAC9F
Green Balsam
ΔE 3.82 · LRV 39

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.43
All gray at PPG / Glidden →
1031-3
#A6A897
Wandering Willow
ΔE 1.43 · LRV 38
11-20
#ADAA96
Scottish Moor
ΔE 3.87 · LRV 40
1007-4
#ABA89E
Hot Stone
ΔE 4.25 · LRV 39
14-28
#AAA492
Aldabra
ΔE 4.92 · LRV 37
1010-4
#A4A7A4
Stepping Stone
ΔE 5.29 · LRV 38

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.62
All gray at Valspar →
8004-29D
#A9AA9C
Rigani
ΔE 1.62 · LRV 40
V144-4
#A9AA9C
Rigani
ΔE 1.62 · LRV 39.7
T627
#A3AB9E
Serene Scene
ΔE 1.88 · LRV 39.5
8003-34E
#9FAA9E
Blue Fescue
ΔE 3.04 · LRV 38
V145-3
#A8A89F
Building Block
ΔE 3.21 · LRV 38.7

Benjamin Moore

3,919 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.34
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
1482
#A5A89F
Sabre
ΔE 2.34 · LRV 39
AF-470
#A4AD9F
Flora
ΔE 2.46 · LRV 40
1579
#9EA9A2
Greyhound
ΔE 4.07 · LRV 38
CC-690
#9EA9A2
Piedmont
ΔE 4.07 · LRV 38
CSP-140
#ABA494
Chateau
ΔE 5.42 · LRV 37

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.37
All gray at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6192
#9FA694
Coastal Plain
ΔE 2.37 · LRV 37
SW 6199
#A6A69B
Rare Gray
ΔE 2.51 · LRV 38
SW 7059
#A3A7A0
Unusual Gray
ΔE 3.16 · LRV 38
SW 2821
#A6A397
Downing Stone
ΔE 3.86 · LRV 37
SW 7066
#A7A8A2
Gray Matters
ΔE 4.18 · LRV 39

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.21
All gray at Dunn-Edwards →
DEC777
#9DA28E
Meadowood
ΔE 3.21 · LRV 35
DE6291
#9DA7A0
Casting Shadow
ΔE 3.85 · LRV 37
DE6298
#96A69F
Agate Green
ΔE 5.68 · LRV 36
DEC771
#B3AB98
Shaggy Barked
ΔE 6.03 · LRV 41
DE6235
#AAA388
Northgate Green
ΔE 6.6 · LRV 37

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.64
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-137
#A3A7A1
Vintage Weathervane
ΔE 3.64 · LRV 38
JG-15
#A7A9A3
Weathered Windmill
ΔE 3.98 · LRV 39
JG-75
#97A399
Clean Slate
ΔE 4.14 · LRV 35
JG-114
#AAA497
Quaint Cottage
ΔE 5.19 · LRV 37
JG-118
#ACA9A3
Refinished
ΔE 5.72 · LRV 40

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.07
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-DP-78
#99AAA4
Mellow Mood
ΔE 6.07 · LRV 38
PNT100-MD-43
#9AB0AB
Make Waves
ΔE 7.82 · LRV 41
PNT100-MD-58
#8EA992
OMGreen
ΔE 9.17 · LRV 36
PNT100-LT-15
#9CA2A7
Set In Stone
ΔE 9.83 · LRV 36
PNT100-LT-38
#90A6AE
Good Jeans
ΔE 11.88 · LRV 36

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #A4A89A in HSL space. Pair Mizzle with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#A4A89A + #9E9AA8
TRIADIC
#A4A89A · #9AA4A8 · #A89AA4
ANALOGOUS
#A8A59A · #A4A89A · #9DA89A

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
2.43:1 fail
Sample text on black
8.65:1 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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