Silver Mist (BM 1619) vs Beacon Gray (BM 2128-60)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Silver Mist 1619 (simulated) — Silver Mist BM 1619#C8D2D6, LRV 62.2

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Beacon Gray 2128-60 (simulated) — Beacon Gray BM 2128-60#CDD7DE, LRV 65.9

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Beacon Gray, LRV 65.9 vs 62.2.
Warmer: Silver Mist, both blue-gray (Lab b* -3.1 vs -4.6).
North rooms: Beacon Gray keeps more brightness (L* 81.5 vs 79.6 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Sweet Bluette BM 813, #D7E5EB, LRV 76.2: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 2.0, very close. At 2.0, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

Silver MistBenjamin Moore, BM 1619LRV 62.2, #C8D2D6

Beacon GrayBenjamin Moore, BM 2128-60LRV 65.9, #CDD7DE

Silver Mist (BM 1619) is slightly darker than Beacon Gray (BM 2128-60) and slightly warmer: LRV 62.2 vs 65.9, deltaE 2.0 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Silver Mist	Beacon Gray	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Benjamin Moore
Color code	1619	2128-60
Hex	#C8D2D6	#CDD7DE
RGB	200, 210, 214	205, 215, 222
HSL	197°, 15%, 81%	205°, 20%, 84%
LRV (light reflectance value)	62.2	65.9	−3.7
Lab L*	83.6	85.4	−1.9
Lab a*	-2.6	-2.0	−0.6
Lab b*	-3.1	-4.6	+1.5
Undertone	Cool	Cool
Temperature	neutral	neutral
Color family	Gray	Gray

Same paint, two kinds of light

Silver Mist (BM 1619), published as #C8D2D6

North light (cool, indirect)
#B6C8D4

South light (warm, direct)
#DBDCD6

Beacon Gray (BM 2128-60), published as #CDD7DE

North light (cool, indirect)
#BBCDDC

South light (warm, direct)
#E0E1DE

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 Beacon Gray (BM 2128-60) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 3.7 LRV points lighter (65.9 vs 62.2), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Beacon Gray (BM 2128-60) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is -4.6 against -3.1, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Silver Mist (BM 1619) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* -3.1), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Silver Mist in other brands

Closest matches to Beacon Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Silver Mist the same color as Beacon Gray?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.0. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Silver Mist and Beacon Gray.
Which is lighter, Silver Mist or Beacon Gray?: Beacon Gray, with an LRV of 65.9 against 62.2.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

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.