Saybrook Sage (BM HC-114) vs Evergreen Fog (SW 9130)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Saybrook Sage HC-114 (simulated) — Saybrook Sage BM HC-114#B1B7A2, LRV 45.5 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: Saybrook Sage, LRV 45.5 vs 30.
Warmer: Saybrook Sage, both green-gray (Lab b* 10.0 vs 6.6).
North rooms: Saybrook Sage keeps more brightness (L* 69.4 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 9.8, clearly different. At 9.8, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Saybrook SageBenjamin Moore, BM HC-114LRV 45.5, #B1B7A2

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

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Saybrook Sage (BM HC-114) is much lighter than Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) and warmer: LRV 45.5 vs 30, deltaE 9.8 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Saybrook Sage	Evergreen Fog	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	HC-114	SW 9130
Hex	#B1B7A2	#95978A
RGB	177, 183, 162	149, 151, 138
HSL	77°, 13%, 68%	69°, 6%, 57%
LRV (light reflectance value)	45.5	30	+15.5
Lab L*	73.4	62.0	+11.5
Lab a*	-5.9	-3.2	−2.7
Lab b*	10.0	6.6	+3.4
Undertone	Cool Green	Gray-Green
Temperature	warm	cool
Color family	Green	Green

Same paint, two kinds of light

Saybrook Sage (BM HC-114), published as #B1B7A2

North light (cool, indirect)
#A0ADA0

South light (warm, direct)
#C2C1A2

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 Saybrook Sage (BM HC-114) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 15.5 LRV points lighter (45.5 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 10.0, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Saybrook Sage (BM HC-114) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 10.0), which counters cool indirect light

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Common questions

Is Saybrook Sage the same color as Evergreen Fog?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 9.8. Saybrook Sage and Evergreen Fog are different colors.
Which is lighter, Saybrook Sage or Evergreen Fog?: Saybrook Sage, with an LRV of 45.5 against 30.

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

Sources: Saybrook Sage: 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.