Northern Cliffs (BM 1536)
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Northern Cliffs (BM 1536) is a medium, warm greige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 45.5, so it reflects about 46 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Northern Cliffs
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Northern Cliffs by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper greige, 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 Northern Cliffs, 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 | Silver Gray | SW 0049 | 45 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Rushmore Gray | HDC-CL-27G | 44.7 | 1.2 | very close |
| Valspar | Sandy Sage | 5008-1C | 48 | 1.2 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Ghost Writer | 1007-3 | 48 | 1.9 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore greige colors nearest to Northern Cliffs (LRV 45.5) by LRV.
Lighter than Northern Cliffs
Darker than Northern Cliffs
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1536 |
| Hex | #BAB5A7 |
| RGB | 186, 181, 167 |
| HSL | 44°, 12%, 69% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 45.5 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 73.7, -0.7, 7.8 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Northern Cliffs (BM 1536), published as #BAB5A7
#A9ABA5
#CBBFA7
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Northern Cliffs (BM 1536)?
- Northern Cliffs has an LRV of 45.5. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Northern Cliffs is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Northern Cliffs in another brand?
- Rushmore Gray (Behr HDC-CL-27G) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.2 (very close).
- Is Northern Cliffs warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Northern Cliffs as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.8; 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.