Evening Sky (BM 833) vs Hale Navy (BM HC-154)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Hale Navy, LRV 8.4 vs 7.4.
- Warmer
- Hale Navy, both blue-gray (Lab b* -7.6 vs -8.1).
- North rooms
- About the same: both keep their brightness and color about equally (L* 27.7 vs 27.3 in north light).
- Trim that works
- White Heaven BM 2068-70, #E2E5F1, LRV 76.7: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 3.3, noticeably different. At 3.3, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Evening Sky (BM 833) is about as light as Hale Navy (BM HC-154) and about as warm: LRV 7.4 vs 8.4, deltaE 3.3 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Evening Sky | Hale Navy | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Benjamin Moore | |
| Color code | 833 | HC-154 | |
| Hex | #464956 | #434B56 | |
| RGB | 70, 73, 86 | 67, 75, 86 | |
| HSL | 229°, 10%, 31% | 215°, 12%, 30% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 7.4 | 8.4 | −1 |
| Lab L* | 31.2 | 31.6 | −0.4 |
| Lab a* | 1.9 | -0.5 | +2.4 |
| Lab b* | -8.1 | -7.6 | −0.5 |
| Undertone | Cool | Cool Gray | |
| Temperature | cool | cool | |
| Color family | Purple | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Evening Sky (BM 833), published as #464956
#364154
#565156
Hale Navy (BM HC-154), published as #434B56
#324354
#535356
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 Hale Navy (BM HC-154) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1 LRV points lighter (8.4 vs 7.4), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Evening Sky in other brands
Closest matches to Hale Navy in other brands
Common questions
- Is Evening Sky the same color as Hale Navy?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.3. Most people can see the difference between Evening Sky and Hale Navy side by side.
- Which is lighter, Evening Sky or Hale Navy?
- Hale Navy, with an LRV of 8.4 against 7.4.
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Related comparisons
Sources: Evening Sky: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); Hale Navy: 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.