Asphalt
Asphalt begins as a gray color on paper, then shifts with every surface, shadow and neighboring material. It appears in Designer Classics, placing it within several distinct decorating stories rather than a single fixed look. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
#7F7D77LRV
21.27
Asphalt in Rooms
Follow Asphalt from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 7 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
5 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
Viewed across 5 kitchen cabinets images in cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture, Asphalt (CC-548) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. An LRV of 21.3 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Kitchen cabinetry in dark Asphalt delivers sophisticated, contemporary style.
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Sleek cabinet fronts painted Asphalt anchor the kitchen's professional aesthetic.
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Upper and lower cabinets in bold Asphalt make a dramatic design statement.
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Deep Asphalt finish on cabinetry adds visual weight and modern appeal.
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Matte Asphalt cabinets create understated elegance throughout the kitchen.
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1 Living Room Photo
1 living room image trace Asphalt (CC-548) through the room’s shift from daytime energy to evening calm. Catalog words such as Calming, Grounding, Moody offer another lens on its character.
Fireplace surround and trim in dark Asphalt enhance the living room's warmth.
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1 House Photo
Asphalt (CC-548) moves through 1 house image without becoming a fixed prescription for the room. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
Exterior trim in deep Asphalt contrasts sharply with lighter facade materials.
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Coordinating Colors
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 21), opening up a space where Asphalt encloses it.
At LRV 43 vs 21, Spring Violet is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 21, Paper Mache is decisively the brighter choice.
Glazed Green reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 21), opening up a space where Asphalt encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 21 vs 19), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 23 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
With LRVs of 24 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 21 vs 9, Asphalt is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (21 vs 14) makes Asphalt the marginally brighter of the two.
A 9-point LRV gap (21 vs 12) makes Asphalt the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
Vintage Pewter reflects far more light (LRV 34 vs 21), opening up a space where Asphalt encloses it.
With LRVs of 23 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
Asphalt reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 16), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
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Manufacturer description
Capturing the iconic charcoal gray of asphalt, this hue can be just as foundational to a home.