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PPG / GLIDDEN · 1002-4

PPG / Glidden Gray Marble#B9B4B1 · LRV 46

Gray Marble reads as a red-orange / warm — mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light. The notes below cover the spec, what PPG / Glidden 1002-4 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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PPG / GLIDDEN GRAY MARBLE
RGB 185, 180, 177 LRV 46

Color spec

Brand PPG / Glidden
Name Gray Marble
SKU 1002-4
Hex #B9B4B1
RGB 185, 180, 177
HSL 23°, 5%, 71%
LRV 46
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Gray

About PPG / Glidden Gray Marble

Gray Marble sits in the mid-range at LRV 46, so it shifts visibly through the day — lighter and more open in morning light, deeper and moodier after dark. Because it carries almost no measurable hue, it stays a true neutral and pairs cleanly with nearly any trim or floor. South-facing rooms will pull it lighter and warmer, while north light cools it down.

Gray Marble is versatile enough for full rooms but has enough depth to anchor a space, so it suits living rooms, bedrooms and cabinetry alike. 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
North Island
SKU 0552 · #BCB6B4 · LRV 47
ΔE 1.05 (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 1
All gray at Valspar →
M340
#BAB3B0
Mountain Boulder
ΔE 1 · LRV 45.7
T531
#B8B5B1
Swanky Gray
ΔE 1.33 · LRV 46.3
T571
#B7B4B0
Michigan Avenue
ΔE 1.33 · LRV 46
8006-12C
#B8B4B4
Ganymede
ΔE 1.61 · LRV 46
V124-3
#B8B4B4
Ganymede
ΔE 1.61 · LRV 46

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.32
All gray at Behr →
770B-4
#B7B1AC
Classic
ΔE 1.32 · LRV 44
HDC-MD-26
#B8B7B4
Sonic Silver
ΔE 2.19 · LRV 47
UL260-9
#B7B4AE
Ashes
ΔE 2.2 · LRV 46
PPU18-12
#BEB6AE
Graceful Gray
ΔE 2.61 · LRV 47
730B-4
#B9B4B8
Winter Cocoa
ΔE 3.81 · LRV 46

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.49
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
AF-670
#B6B4B2
Nightingale
ΔE 1.49 · LRV
1460
#B3B1B0
Silver Dollar
ΔE 1.87 · LRV 44
1467
#B4B2AE
Baltic Gray
ΔE 1.97 · LRV
1551
#B8B4AC
La Paloma Gray
ΔE 2.86 · LRV 46
1473
#B6B4AC
Gray Huskie
ΔE 3.48 · LRV 46

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.98
All gray at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7079
#BCB6B6
Ponder
ΔE 1.98 · LRV 48
SW 7023
#B9B2A9
Requisite Gray
ΔE 3 · LRV 45
SW 7658
#B7B7B2
Gray Clouds
ΔE 3.19 · LRV 47
SW 2850
#B6B7B0
Chelsea Gray
ΔE 4.31 · LRV 47
SW 7058
#B2B5AF
Magnetic Gray
ΔE 4.91 · LRV 46

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.5
All gray at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 267
#BBB1AB
Dove Tale
ΔE 2.5 · LRV 45
NO. 88
#B2B1A9
Lamp Room Gray
ΔE 4.02 · LRV 44
NO. 22
#B8BCB5
Light Blue
ΔE 5.82 · LRV 49
NO. 293
#C4B2A2
Jitney
ΔE 6.94 · LRV 46
NO. 91
#B4B4A3
Blue Gray
ΔE 7.8 · LRV 45

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.74
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-LT-13
#C2B8B2
Greige
ΔE 2.74 · LRV 49
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 5.13 · LRV 54
PNT100-MD-48
#B5B9A6
Money Moves
ΔE 9.54 · LRV 47
PNT100-MD-73
#ADBECB
Cloud Watching
ΔE 10.98 · LRV 50
PNT100-MD-49
#ABBD9F
Avocado Toast
ΔE 15.83 · LRV 48

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.42
All gray at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6381
#B6B5B8
Silver Bullet
ΔE 3.42 · LRV 46
DE6395
#BBB0B1
Antique Mauve
ΔE 4.02 · LRV 45
DEC770
#BEB4A8
Drifting
ΔE 4.35 · LRV 46
DE6038
#C3B4B3
Young Fawn
ΔE 4.96 · LRV 47
DE6228
#BAB6A9
Play on Gray
ΔE 5.19 · LRV 47

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.6
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-14
#B0AEA7
Cupola
ΔE 3.6 · LRV 42
JG-19
#BDB7AC
Sunday Stroll
ΔE 4.01 · LRV 48
JG-123
#BBBDB9
Day-to-day
ΔE 4.37 · LRV 50
JG-46
#B3B9AA
Flower Jar
ΔE 8.87 · LRV 47
JG-01
#A8B6B4
Rainy Days
ΔE 9.03 · LRV 45

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 7.5
All gray at Backdrop →
BD-NU
#A4A89F
Nuevo
ΔE 7.5 · LRV 38
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 9.94 · LRV 41
BD-LF
#A4AB95
Le Freak
ΔE 11.93 · LRV 35
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 14.21 · LRV 51
BD-RO
#D2A299
Rosita
ΔE 14.89 · LRV 38

Similar PPG / Glidden colors

closest in the PPG / Glidden deck

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

1003-3
Silver Bells
LRV 46
1018-3
City Street
LRV 45
1022-3
Silver Dollar
LRV 47
1014-4
Jack Rabbit
LRV 46
1007-3
Ghost Writer
LRV 48
1009-4
Gray Stone
LRV 48

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #B9B4B1 in HSL space. Pair Gray Marble with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#B9B4B1 + #B1B6B9
TRIADIC
#B9B4B1 · #B1B9B4 · #B4B1B9
ANALOGOUS
#B9B1B2 · #B9B4B1 · #B9B8B1

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
2.05:1 fail
Sample text on black
10.23:1 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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