Shoreline (BM 1471)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Shoreline (BM 1471) is a light, neutral gray from Benjamin Moore: LRV 67.7, so it reflects about 68 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Shoreline
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Shoreline by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper gray, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Shoreline, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | First Star | SW 7646 | 69 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Silver Tradition | ICC-23 | 69.1 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Tempered Gray | 4004-1A | 66 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Fog | 1010-2 | 68 | 1.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore gray colors nearest to Shoreline (LRV 67.7) by LRV.
Lighter than Shoreline
Darker than Shoreline
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1471 |
| Hex | #D9D8D3 |
| RGB | 217, 216, 211 |
| HSL | 50°, 7%, 84% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 67.7 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 86.3, -0.5, 2.6 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Shoreline (BM 1471), published as #D9D8D3
#C7CED1
#EBE2D3
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Benjamin Moore
More from Benjamin Moore
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Shoreline (BM 1471)?
- Shoreline has an LRV of 67.7. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Shoreline is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Shoreline in another brand?
- First Star (SW 7646) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Shoreline warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Shoreline as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 2.6; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.