HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Gray Screen HGSW7071
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Pelican Gray (1612), at ΔE 0.65 — indistinguishable.
Pelican Gray is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.65 the difference is smaller than most people can see on a wall, and smaller than the shift between two batches of the same colour.
Why people switch between HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Benjamin Moore are not shopping for a new colour. They have already chosen one, and then hit a price difference or a painter who buys from a single supplier. The question is what goes on the wall instead.
How close Pelican Gray really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.65indistinguishable
- LRV
- 58.58HGTV Home is 59
- Hex
- #C6CBCC#C6CACA in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Pelican Gray reads slightly lighter than Gray Screen in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Benjamin Moore options
Worth knowing if Pelican Gray is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Pebble Beach 1597ΔE 0.83 · indistinguishable · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 1.1 points higher.
- Whitestone 2134-60ΔE 1.04 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 1.7 points higher.
- Seersucker Suit CSP-580ΔE 1.34 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.7 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Gray Screen HGSW7071 matched across all 13 brands →