Every blue-gray paint at Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore and Behr, in one list: the colors Benjamin Moore files as blue-gray. Pick the brand, grayer or bluer, and how light, and see the blue-grays that fit, lightest or darkest first, each with its LRV.
Blue-grays that fit
The lightest blue-gray: Behr BL-W10 Maui Mist, LRV 88 (ours). 243 blue-grays fit.
Tap a color to choose it. LRV is how much light a color reflects (0 black, 100 a perfect white): the brand's own printed LRV where we read it, else ours, worked out from the brand's digital color. A screen shows that digital version, so check a real chip in your room's light before you buy. We are not connected to any of these brands.
Quick answer: Benjamin Moore’s most popular blue-grays include November Skies 2128-50 (LRV 48.55), Santorini Blue 1634 (44.67) and Wedgewood Gray HC-146 (49.59). The finder above lists all 243 blue-grays of Sherwin-Williams, Benjamin Moore and Behr by LRV, grayer or bluer, light to deep.
How to use the blue-gray paint finder
- Pick a brand, or keep all three.
- Pick grayer or bluer: a gray with a breath of blue, or a blue softened by gray.
- Pick how light: Light, Medium or Deep, by Benjamin Moore’s own Light, Medium and Dark tags (every color it tags Dark has a printed LRV of 21.96 or less, every Light one 57.09 or more).
- Tap a blue-gray to choose it, then see it on a wall in the room paint visualizer, or find its closest twins at the other two brands.
What counts as a blue-gray
The finder uses Benjamin Moore’s own filing. Its color service tags every color with a family and a subfamily, and the finder takes every color it files under the subfamily Blue Gray: 135 colors, every Benjamin Moore blue-gray its blue-gray page features among them. Benjamin Moore: Cool and silvery, blue-gray paint colors help create a sleek modern design with an inviting feel.
Sherwin-Williams and Behr do not publish families this way, so a Sherwin-Williams or Behr color joins when its closest Benjamin Moore color, by CIEDE2000, is very close (under 3) and is a blue-gray by Benjamin Moore’s filing, or when its own brand’s name says blue-gray and its closest Benjamin Moore color is a blue or a gray. A color Sherwin-Williams files as a white is left to the white paint finder. Every color in the list says why it is there. That gives 243 blue-grays: 52 at Sherwin-Williams, 131 at Benjamin Moore and 60 at Behr, from the brands’ own palette files.
Grayer or bluer
Benjamin Moore splits the family the same way: Whether you opt for a hue with a slightly grayer tone or lean toward a color that favors blue, our most popular blue-gray paint colors lend a calm serenity no matter where you paint.
Grayer is the third of Benjamin Moore’s own blue-grays with the least color (a CIELAB chroma of 3.7 or less) and Bluer the third with the most (5.43 or more); the same lines place the Sherwin-Williams and Behr colors. That is our reading of each brand’s digital color: 82 read grayer and 92 bluer, and the rest sit between.
Popular blue-grays, with their LRV
LRV, light reflectance value, is how much light a color reflects, from 0 for black to 100 for a perfect white. Benjamin Moore’s and Sherwin-Williams’ LRVs are the ones each brand prints, read from its color service on 2026-10-11; a Behr LRV is ours, worked out from its digital color, and marked (ours).
| Color | LRV | Undertone | How light | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore 2128-50 November Skies | 48.55 | bluer | medium | Benjamin Moore files it as blue-gray |
| Benjamin Moore 1634 Santorini Blue | 44.67 | bluer | medium | Benjamin Moore files it as blue-gray |
| Benjamin Moore HC-146 Wedgewood Gray | 49.59 | bluer | medium | Benjamin Moore files it as blue-gray |
| Benjamin Moore 1563 Quiet Moments | 60.73 | leans green | light | Benjamin Moore files it as blue-gray |
| Benjamin Moore 1584 Pale Smoke | 63.6 | leans blue-green | light | Benjamin Moore files it as blue-gray |
| Benjamin Moore HC-162 Brewster Gray | 29.97 | leans blue-green | medium | Benjamin Moore files it as blue-gray |
| Benjamin Moore 1621 Little Falls | 41.07 | bluer | medium | Benjamin Moore files it as blue-gray |
| Benjamin Moore HC-159 Philipsburg Blue | 19.06 | bluer | deep | Benjamin Moore files it as blue-gray |
| Benjamin Moore 2127-40 Wolf Gray | 21.19 | bluer | deep | Benjamin Moore files it as blue-gray |
| Benjamin Moore 2122-40 Smoke | 56.39 | leans blue-green | medium | Benjamin Moore files it as blue-gray |
Worked examples
A coastal bedroom. Benjamin Moore: For a coastal look, pair blue-gray with a cool off-white paint color and accents made of natural materials.
Choose Bluer and Light: 9 blue-grays, the lightest Behr HDC-CT-16B Waterfall (LRV 72 (ours)).
A quiet gray with a hint of blue. Choose Grayer: 82 blue-grays. Pale Smoke 1584 (LRV 63.6) is among Benjamin Moore’s most popular.
A deep blue-gray. Choose Deep: 51 blue-grays with an LRV of 21.96 or less, such as Wolf Gray 2127-40 (21.19) and Philipsburg Blue HC-159 (19.06).
Common mistakes when choosing a blue-gray
- Testing it in one light. A blue-gray can lean bluer or grayer as the daylight changes. Look at a sample on the wall morning and evening.
- A warm white beside it. Benjamin Moore pairs blue-gray with a cool off-white; a creamy trim can make it look dull.
- Judging the strip by its top chip. The palest chips all look gray; read the LRV and the undertone beside each color here.
- Trusting a screen. Every color here is the brand’s digital stand-in for the paint. Buy a sample before the gallon.
Found your blue-gray? See it on a sample room or your own photo in the room paint visualizer, or on a house with the exterior house color visualizer. Planning the furniture too? The free 2D room planner lays out the room.
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Blue-gray paint color questions
What are the best blue-gray paint colors?
Benjamin Moore features November Skies 2128-50, Santorini Blue 1634, Wedgewood Gray HC-146, Quiet Moments 1563, Pale Smoke 1584 and Brewster Gray HC-162 as its most popular blue-grays, and Little Falls 1621, Philipsburg Blue HC-159, Wolf Gray 2127-40 and Smoke 2122-40 at the top of its page.
What is the difference between blue-gray and gray-blue?
Usually which color leads: a gray with a blue undertone, or a blue softened by gray. Benjamin Moore files both under one subfamily; the finder’s Grayer and Bluer choices split them.
What is a light blue-gray paint?
Choose Light in the finder: 63 blue-grays with an LRV of 57.09 or more, the lightest Behr BL-W10 Maui Mist.
What are the best blue-gray paint colors from Sherwin-Williams?
Choose Sherwin-Williams in the finder: 52 blue-grays, each with the LRV Sherwin-Williams prints.
What colors go with blue-gray walls?
Benjamin Moore suggests a cool off-white and natural materials for a coastal look, or a pleasing pale yellow
to immerse the room in color.
Is blue-gray a neutral?
Benjamin Moore files most of its blue-grays in its Gray and Neutral families too, and says they offer more depth than a neutral hue without overwhelming a space
.
Can I see a blue-gray on my own walls?
Yes. Tap a blue-gray, then See it on a wall: the room paint visualizer paints it on a sample room or on your own photo, in your browser.