Gray Owl (BM 2137-60) vs Repose Gray (SW 7015)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Gray Owl 2137-60 (simulated) — Gray Owl BM 2137-60#D3D4CC, LRV 64.5 Verified 2026-10-02

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Repose Gray SW 7015 (simulated) — Repose Gray SW 7015#CCC9C0, LRV 58

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Gray Owl, LRV 64.5 vs 58.
Warmer: Repose Gray (Lab b* 4.9 vs 3.8). Gray Owl reads green-gray; Repose Gray reads greige.
North rooms: Gray Owl: keeps more brightness (L* 80.7 vs 77.0 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 1.0 vs 3.3).
Trim that works: Steam BM AF-15, #F0EFE6, LRV 84.2: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 3.1, noticeably different. At 3.1, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

Gray OwlBenjamin Moore, BM 2137-60LRV 64.5, #D3D4CC

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Repose GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7015LRV 58, #CCC9C0

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Gray Owl (BM 2137-60) is lighter than Repose Gray (SW 7015) and slightly cooler: LRV 64.5 vs 58, deltaE 3.1 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Gray Owl	Repose Gray	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	2137-60	SW 7015
Hex	#D3D4CC	#CCC9C0
RGB	211, 212, 204	204, 201, 192
HSL	68°, 9%, 82%	45°, 11%, 78%
LRV (light reflectance value)	64.5	58	+6.5
Lab L*	84.6	81.0	+3.7
Lab a*	-1.8	-0.6	−1.2
Lab b*	3.8	4.9	−1.0
Undertone	Neutral	Warm Greige
Temperature	neutral	warm
Color family	Gray	Gray

Same paint, two kinds of light

Gray Owl (BM 2137-60), published as #D3D4CC

North light (cool, indirect)
#C1CACA

South light (warm, direct)
#E5DECC

Repose Gray (SW 7015), published as #CCC9C0

North light (cool, indirect)
#BBBFBE

South light (warm, direct)
#DED3C0

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 Gray Owl (BM 2137-60) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 6.5 LRV points lighter (64.5 vs 58), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Gray Owl (BM 2137-60) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 3.8 against 4.9, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Repose Gray (SW 7015) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 4.9), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Gray Owl in other brands

Closest matches to Repose Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Gray Owl the same color as Repose Gray?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.1. Most people can see the difference between Gray Owl and Repose Gray side by side.
Which is lighter, Gray Owl or Repose Gray?: Gray Owl, with an LRV of 64.5 against 58.

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

Sources: Gray Owl: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02); Repose Gray: 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.