Hale Navy (BM HC-154) vs Naval (SW 6244)
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Hale Navy, LRV 8.4 vs 4.
- Warmer
- Hale Navy, both blue-gray (Lab b* -7.6 vs -11.0).
- North rooms
- Hale Navy keeps more brightness (L* 27.7 vs 21.2 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- White Heaven BM 2068-70, #E2E5F1, LRV 76.7: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 5.5, clearly different. At 5.5, treat them as different colors.
See each color
Hale Navy (BM HC-154) is slightly lighter than Naval (SW 6244) and warmer: LRV 8.4 vs 4, deltaE 5.5 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | Hale Navy | Naval | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | HC-154 | SW 6244 | |
| Hex | #434B56 | #2F3D4C | |
| RGB | 67, 75, 86 | 47, 61, 76 | |
| HSL | 215°, 12%, 30% | 211°, 24%, 24% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 8.4 | 4 | +4.4 |
| Lab L* | 31.6 | 25.2 | +6.4 |
| Lab a* | -0.5 | -1.4 | +0.9 |
| Lab b* | -7.6 | -11.0 | +3.4 |
| Undertone | Cool Gray | Cool Blue | |
| Temperature | cool | cool | |
| Color family | Blue | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Hale Navy (BM HC-154), published as #434B56
#324354
#535356
Naval (SW 6244), published as #2F3D4C
#1C354A
#40454C
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 4.4 LRV points lighter (8.4 vs 4), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Naval (SW 6244) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is -11.0 against -7.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Hale Navy (BM HC-154) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* -7.6), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Hale Navy in other brands
Closest matches to Naval in other brands
Common questions
- Is Hale Navy the same color as Naval?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 5.5. Hale Navy and Naval are different colors.
- Which is lighter, Hale Navy or Naval?
- Hale Navy, with an LRV of 8.4 against 4.
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Sources: Hale Navy: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02); Naval: 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.