Great Gray (PPG 15-28)
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Great Gray (PPG 15-28) is a medium, warm greige from PPG Paints: LRV 54, so it reflects about 54 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Great Gray
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Great Gray by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper greige, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. PPG Paints did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Great 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 | High Sierra | SW 9588 | 53 | 1.1 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Alphano Beige | 989 | 54.6 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Wheat Bread | 720C-3 | 55.9 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Oatbran | 6006-1B | 56 | 1.9 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints greige colors nearest to Great Gray (LRV 54) by LRV.
Lighter than Great Gray
Darker than Great Gray
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 15-28 |
| Hex | #CBC1B4 |
| RGB | 203, 193, 180 |
| HSL | 34°, 18%, 75% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 54 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 78.5, 1.3, 7.8 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Great Gray (PPG 15-28), published as #CBC1B4
#BAB7B2
#DCCBB4
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Great Gray (PPG 15-28)?
- Great Gray has an LRV of 54. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Great Gray is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Great Gray in another brand?
- Wheat Bread (Behr 720C-3) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Great Gray warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Great Gray as warm, with a Warm 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.