HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Uncertain Gray HGSW6234
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Subway Tile® (CSP-585), at ΔE 0.28 — indistinguishable.
Subway Tile® is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.28 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 Subway Tile® really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.28indistinguishable
- LRV
- 42.57HGTV Home is 42
- Hex
- #A8AFB0#A9B0B1 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness. Its LRV is 0.6 points higher.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Subway Tile® reads slightly darker than Uncertain Gray in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Benjamin Moore options
Worth knowing if Subway Tile® is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Gull Wing Gray 2134-50ΔE 0.78 · indistinguishable · The candidate is darker.
- Marina Gray 1599ΔE 1.07 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 2.5 points higher.
- Boothbay Gray HC-165ΔE 1.86 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.3 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Uncertain Gray HGSW6234 matched across all 13 brands →