Cheating Heart (BM 1617) vs Wrought Iron (BM 2124-10)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- About the same: LRV 8.8 vs 8.2.
- Warmer
- About the same, both neutral gray (Lab b* -1.5 vs -0.7).
- North rooms
- Cheating Heart keeps more brightness (L* 28.8 vs 27.5 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Tundra BM 2133-70, #E2E4E3, LRV 77.1: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 1.2, very close. At 1.2, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.
See each color
Cheating Heart (BM 1617) is about as light as Wrought Iron (BM 2124-10) and about as warm: LRV 8.8 vs 8.2, deltaE 1.2 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Cheating Heart | Wrought Iron | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Benjamin Moore | |
| Color code | 1617 | 2124-10 | |
| Hex | #4B4D4F | #494A4B | |
| RGB | 75, 77, 79 | 73, 74, 75 | |
| HSL | 210°, 3%, 30% | 210°, 1%, 29% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 8.8 | 8.2 | +0.6 |
| Lab L* | 32.6 | 31.4 | +1.2 |
| Lab a* | -0.4 | -0.2 | −0.2 |
| Lab b* | -1.5 | -0.7 | −0.7 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Warm Charcoal | |
| Temperature | neutral | neutral | |
| Color family | Gray | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Cheating Heart (BM 1617), published as #4B4D4F
#3C454D
#5A564F
Wrought Iron (BM 2124-10), published as #494A4B
#3A4249
#58534B
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Which should you pick
Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.
- Pick Cheating Heart (BM 1617) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0.6 LRV points lighter (8.8 vs 8.2), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Cheating Heart in other brands
Closest matches to Wrought Iron in other brands
Common questions
- Is Cheating Heart the same color as Wrought Iron?
- They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.2. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Cheating Heart and Wrought Iron.
- Which is lighter, Cheating Heart or Wrought Iron?
- Cheating Heart, with an LRV of 8.8 against 8.2.
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Related comparisons
Sources: Cheating Heart: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); Wrought Iron: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02). 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.