Revere Pewter (BM HC-172) vs Worldly Gray (SW 7043)

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 Worldly Gray SW 7043 (simulated) — Worldly Gray SW 7043#CEC6BB, LRV 57

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Worldly Gray, LRV 57 vs 55.1.
Warmer: Revere Pewter, both greige (Lab b* 7.6 vs 6.5).
North rooms: Revere Pewter drifts less gray (chroma drop 4.3 vs 4.9); both keep about the same brightness.
Trim that works: Collector's Item BM AF-45, #F1EADC, LRV 81.3: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 2.4, noticeably different. At 2.4, 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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Worldly GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7043LRV 57, #CEC6BB

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Revere Pewter (BM HC-172) is slightly darker than Worldly Gray (SW 7043) and slightly warmer: LRV 55.1 vs 57, deltaE 2.4 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Revere Pewter	Worldly Gray	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	HC-172	SW 7043
Hex	#CBC6B8	#CEC6BB
RGB	203, 198, 184	206, 198, 187
HSL	44°, 15%, 76%	35°, 16%, 77%
LRV (light reflectance value)	55.1	57	−2
Lab L*	79.9	80.2	−0.3
Lab a*	-0.7	0.9	−1.6
Lab b*	7.6	6.5	+1.1
Undertone	Warm Greige	Warm Green
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

Worldly Gray (SW 7043), published as #CEC6BB

North light (cool, indirect)
#BDBCB9

South light (warm, direct)
#E0D0BB

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 Worldly Gray (SW 7043) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 2 LRV points lighter (57 vs 55.1), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Worldly Gray (SW 7043) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 6.5 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 Worldly Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Revere Pewter the same color as Worldly Gray?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.4. Most people can see the difference between Revere Pewter and Worldly Gray side by side.
Which is lighter, Revere Pewter or Worldly Gray?: Worldly Gray, with an LRV of 57 against 55.1.

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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); Worldly 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.