Platinum Gray

Benjamin Moore

Color Code:HC-179
Hex Code:#A8A9A3
RGB:168, 169, 163
LRV (Light Reflectance Value):approx. 39.3
Category:neutral
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Platinum Gray in the light of your own room

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How Platinum Gray behaves on a wall

Our estimate, worked out from the hex colour, puts the light reflectance value of this Benjamin Moore shade at about 39.3; Benjamin Moore's own figure may differ. At an estimated LRV of 39.3 this sits mid-scale — dark enough to hold its own against white trim, light enough not to close a room in. Mid-tones shift the most between daylight and lamplight, so check it at both ends of the day. For trim that reads as a clear edge rather than a smudge, aim about 30 LRV points away in either direction — under LRV 9 or over LRV 69. Its red and blue channels are within a few points of each other, so it has no undertone worth naming — it takes its cast from whatever it sits beside. Order by the code, not the name, and put a test patch on the wall before you commit — a screen cannot show you how this shade behaves in your own light.

Platinum Gray equivalents in other paint brands

The closest color to Benjamin Moore Platinum Gray from each brand we carry, measured with CIEDE2000 on the manufacturers' published color values. Below 1 the difference is practically invisible; below 2 you'd only notice it with the chips side by side. Screens and printed chips aren't paint, so compare real samples before you buy. In the Muro app you can put two of them on a photo of your own wall and look at them in your light.

BrandClosest colorΔE 2000
Sherwin-WilliamsGray Matters SW 70660.3 Practically identical
Caparol3D Jade 51.1 Very close
ValsparWet Pavement 5006-2A1.1 Very close
TikkurilaQ8261.1 Very close
DuluxJN.02.61 13844581.2 Very close
SikkensJN.02.611.2 Very close
AlpinaBetongrau1.3 Very close
MagnatGórska skała MP451.5 Very close
TollensPierre de Volvic CRF112-21.7 Very close
ZolpanPierre de Volvic CRF112-21.7 Very close
ŚnieżkaS 3005-g20y S 3005-G20Y1.8 Very close

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