Bleached Gray (BM ES-78)
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Bleached Gray (BM ES-78) is a light, warm beige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 60, so it reflects about 60 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Bleached Gray
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Bleached Gray by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 Bleached Gray, 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 | Mushroom | SW 9587 | 57 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Even Better Beige | DC-010 | 59.8 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Oatbran | 6006-1B | 56 | 1.5 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Moth Gray | 1024-4 | 59 | 1.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore beige colors nearest to Bleached Gray (LRV 60) by LRV.
Lighter than Bleached Gray
Darker than Bleached Gray
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | ES-78 |
| Hex | #D4CAB9 |
| RGB | 212, 202, 185 |
| HSL | 38°, 24%, 78% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 60 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 81.7, 0.6, 9.7 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Bleached Gray (BM ES-78), published as #D4CAB9
#C3C0B7
#E5D4B9
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Bleached Gray (BM ES-78)?
- Bleached Gray has an LRV of 60. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Bleached Gray is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Bleached Gray in another brand?
- Even Better Beige (Behr DC-010) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Bleached Gray warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Bleached Gray as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 9.7; 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.