Steep Cliff Gray
Benjamin Moore's Steep Cliff Gray is a blue shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its neutral temperature leaves room for surrounding materials and light to pull the color warmer or cooler. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#6E7C7DLRV
20.54
Steep Cliff Gray in Rooms
Follow Steep Cliff Gray from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 16 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 Living Room Photos
Catalog words such as Calming, Charming, Grounding offer another lens on its character. In this setting, let the movement from window light to lamplight and upholstery, timber, art and metal accents guide the final sample decision.
Living room walls in Steep Cliff Gray create a calm, elegant atmosphere.
@bluestarpaintproperty
Walls painted Steep Cliff Gray bring understated sophistication to this living room.
@dawsoninteriors
3 Bathroom Photos
3 bathroom images trace Steep Cliff Gray (2122-20) through the contrast between bright mornings and quieter evening light. Catalog words such as Calming, Charming, Grounding offer another lens on its character.
Bathroom walls in Steep Cliff Gray offer serene, neutral elegance.
@suburbanbees
Steep Cliff Gray bathrooms provide a calming, spa-like atmosphere.
@mississippi_designer
Bathroom painted Steep Cliff Gray creates a peaceful, neutral sanctuary.
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1 Bedroom Photo
1 sourced room photo gives the gallery a lived-in point of reference. Together they show Steep Cliff Gray (2122-20) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
Bedroom walls in Steep Cliff Gray establish a restful, sophisticated environment.
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4 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
The 4 kitchen cabinets images turn a blue swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
Kitchen cabinets in Steep Cliff Gray bring contemporary elegance to this space.
@not_too_shabby_lady
Cabinetry painted Steep Cliff Gray creates a modern, refined kitchen aesthetic.
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Kitchen cabinets in Steep Cliff Gray offer sophisticated, timeless style.
@not_too_shabby_lady
Steep Cliff Gray cabinetry brings refined contemporary style to the kitchen.
@halsteddesigns
4 Misc Photos
Viewed across 4 misc images in an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula, Steep Cliff Gray (2122-20) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. An LRV of 20.5 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Painted cabinets in Steep Cliff Gray add sophisticated depth to storage.
@w_designinteriors
Storage painted Steep Cliff Gray brings calm, neutral sophistication.
@liltandline
Smooth drywall painted in Steep Cliff Gray creates a neutral, sophisticated backdrop.
@revivalhomedesigns
Built-in storage cabinets painted in Steep Cliff Gray maximize organized kitchen functionality.
@bethb12
2 Dining Room Photos
Steep Cliff Gray (2122-20) brings its blue character into a gathering space that can move from daylight to ceremony. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
Dining room walls in Steep Cliff Gray complement traditional wooden furniture and artwork.
@revivalhomedesigns
Wall paneling painted Steep Cliff Gray adds architectural depth to the dining space.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 83 vs 21, Acadia White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 51 vs 21, Iced Mauve is decisively the brighter choice.
Chalk White reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 21), opening up a space where Steep Cliff Gray encloses it.
At LRV 63 vs 21, Manchester Tan is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 22 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 21 and 19, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 23 vs 21), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 22 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
With LRVs of 22 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 9-point LRV gap (21 vs 12) makes Steep Cliff Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Hint of Violet reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 21), opening up a space where Steep Cliff Gray encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 21, Antique Pearl is decisively the brighter choice.
Steep Cliff Gray reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 6), opening up a space where Night Shade encloses it.
Steep Cliff Gray reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 8), opening up a space where Brownstone encloses it.
Studio Clay reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
A 5-point LRV gap (26 vs 21) makes Shaker Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 22 and 21, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 9-point LRV gap (30 vs 21) makes Brewster Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
A 11-point LRV gap (32 vs 21) makes Gibraltar Cliffs the marginally brighter of the two.
Templeton Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 24 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
A 5-point LRV gap (21 vs 16) makes Steep Cliff Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Steep Cliff Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 14), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Steep Cliff Gray reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 8), opening up a space where Nightfall encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (21 vs 17) makes Steep Cliff Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Steep Cliff Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 17), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Cool blue-gray undertones define this deep, handsome hue.