October Mist (BM CC-550) vs Evergreen Fog (SW 9130)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore October Mist CC-550 (simulated) — October Mist BM CC-550#B6B8A5, LRV 46.5 Verified 2026-10-02

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Evergreen Fog SW 9130 (simulated) — Evergreen Fog SW 9130#95978A, LRV 30

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

Quick decision

Lighter: October Mist, LRV 46.5 vs 30.
Warmer: October Mist, both green-gray (Lab b* 9.4 vs 6.6).
North rooms: October Mist keeps more brightness (L* 70.1 vs 57.9 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Mascarpone BM AF-20, #F8F7E8, LRV 89: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 9.9, clearly different. At 9.9, treat them as different colors.

See each color

October MistBenjamin Moore, BM CC-550LRV 46.5, #B6B8A5

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Evergreen FogSherwin-Williams, SW 9130LRV 30, #95978A

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October Mist (BM CC-550) is much lighter than Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) and slightly warmer: LRV 46.5 vs 30, deltaE 9.9 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	October Mist	Evergreen Fog	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	CC-550	SW 9130
Hex	#B6B8A5	#95978A
RGB	182, 184, 165	149, 151, 138
HSL	66°, 12%, 68%	69°, 6%, 57%
LRV (light reflectance value)	46.5	30	+16.5
Lab L*	74.2	62.0	+12.2
Lab a*	-4.1	-3.2	−0.9
Lab b*	9.4	6.6	+2.8
Undertone	Neutral	Gray-Green
Temperature	warm	cool
Color family	Green	Green

Same paint, two kinds of light

October Mist (BM CC-550), published as #B6B8A5

North light (cool, indirect)
#A5AEA3

South light (warm, direct)
#C7C2A5

Evergreen Fog (SW 9130), published as #95978A

North light (cool, indirect)
#858D88

South light (warm, direct)
#A6A18A

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 October Mist (BM CC-550) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 16.5 LRV points lighter (46.5 vs 30), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 6.6 against 9.4, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick October Mist (BM CC-550) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 9.4), which counters cool indirect light

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Closest matches to Evergreen Fog in other brands

Common questions

Is October Mist the same color as Evergreen Fog?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 9.9. October Mist and Evergreen Fog are different colors.
Which is lighter, October Mist or Evergreen Fog?: October Mist, with an LRV of 46.5 against 30.

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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: October Mist: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02); Evergreen Fog: 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.