Comfort Gray
Sherwin-Williams
SW 6205
Comfort Gray is Sea Salt's steadier, deeper neighbor on the same strip, a gray-green with a blue whisper that reads serene rather than colorful. It holds its color more consistently than Sea Salt, which makes it the better pick for larger rooms and open plans. Bedrooms, sunrooms, and coastal living spaces are its sweet spot.
Some brands don't share official hex codes. The digital values shown here are careful approximations. Always confirm with a physical sample.
Close matches
Benjamin Moore: Picnic Basket CSP-730 (#BBC3BB) · Tranquility AF-490 (#BBC3BB) · Silver Song 1557 (#C2C3B9)
Farrow & Ball: Pavilion Gray No. 242 (#C3C1BB) · Light Blue No. 22 (#B5BBB4) · Mizzle No. 266 (#BEC1B3)
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors: Contented SW 6191 (#BDC0B3) · Knitting Needles SW 7672 (#C3C1BC) · Light French Gray SW 0055 (#C2C0BB)
Common questions
What is the hex code for Comfort Gray?
The hex code for Sherwin-Williams Comfort Gray SW 6205 is #BEC3BB. In RGB that is 190, 195, 187. Use these values to reproduce Comfort Gray in SketchUp, Canva, Photoshop, Figma, or rendering software for client presentations and mood boards.
What is the Benjamin Moore equivalent of Comfort Gray?
The closest Benjamin Moore match for Comfort Gray is Picnic Basket CSP-730 (#BBC3BB). No cross-brand match is exact, because each brand mixes its own pigment formulas. Always confirm with a physical sample before specifying a substitute.
Is Comfort Gray warm or cool?
Comfort Gray is cool, a softened green-blue wrapped in gray. Like its strip-mate Sea Salt, it shifts with light, leaning green in warm sun and blue-gray under cooler conditions, just less dramatically. The LRV of approximately 54 places it in the light-medium range, calm without disappearing. It pairs well with white trim, weathered wood, and brushed nickel, and it reliably reads more saturated on the wall than on the chip.
Why does Comfort Gray look different on screen than on the wall?
Screens emit light while paint reflects it, so a hex code cannot capture how lighting, sheen, and surrounding colors shift paint in a real room. Treat #BEC3BB as accurate for digital design work, and use physical samples for final approval.
What LRV does Comfort Gray have?
Comfort Gray has a Light Reflectance Value of approximately 54, meaning it reflects about 54% of visible light. That mid-range depth reads as a true color on the wall without going dark.
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