Revere Pewter (BM HC-172) vs Mindful Gray (SW 7016)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter HC-172 (simulated) — Revere Pewter BM HC-172#CBC6B8, LRV 55.1 Verified 2026-10-02

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Mindful Gray SW 7016 (simulated) — Mindful Gray SW 7016#BCB7AD, LRV 48

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Revere Pewter, LRV 55.1 vs 48.
Warmer: Revere Pewter, both greige (Lab b* 7.6 vs 5.7).
North rooms: Revere Pewter keeps more brightness (L* 75.9 vs 70.5 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Arbor White BM ES-01, #F2EDDF, LRV 85: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 4.2, noticeably different. At 4.2, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

Revere PewterBenjamin Moore, BM HC-172LRV 55.1, #CBC6B8

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Mindful GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7016LRV 48, #BCB7AD

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Revere Pewter (BM HC-172) is lighter than Mindful Gray (SW 7016) and slightly warmer: LRV 55.1 vs 48, deltaE 4.2 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Revere Pewter	Mindful Gray	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	HC-172	SW 7016
Hex	#CBC6B8	#BCB7AD
RGB	203, 198, 184	188, 183, 173
HSL	44°, 15%, 76%	40°, 10%, 71%
LRV (light reflectance value)	55.1	48	+7
Lab L*	79.9	74.6	+5.4
Lab a*	-0.7	0.0	−0.7
Lab b*	7.6	5.7	+1.9
Undertone	Warm Greige	Warm Greige
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Revere Pewter (BM HC-172), published as #CBC6B8

North light (cool, indirect)
#BABCB6

South light (warm, direct)
#DCD0B8

Mindful Gray (SW 7016), published as #BCB7AD

North light (cool, indirect)
#ABADAB

South light (warm, direct)
#CDC1AD

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 Revere Pewter (BM HC-172) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 7 LRV points lighter (55.1 vs 48), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Mindful Gray (SW 7016) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 5.7 against 7.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Revere Pewter (BM HC-172) 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 Revere Pewter in other brands

Closest matches to Mindful Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Revere Pewter the same color as Mindful Gray?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 4.2. Most people can see the difference between Revere Pewter and Mindful Gray side by side.
Which is lighter, Revere Pewter or Mindful Gray?: Revere Pewter, with an LRV of 55.1 against 48.

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

Sources: Revere Pewter: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02); Mindful 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.