Beacon Gray vs Slaked Lime Deep
Where Beacon Gray belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Slaked Lime Deep is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Beacon Gray belongs to the blue-grey family and Slaked Lime Deep to the beige family. Beacon Gray has an LRV of 66. Beacon Gray runs blue while Slaked Lime Deep is decidedly red, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 19.2, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 3 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Beacon Gray vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Beacon Gray and Slaked Lime Deep in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. Side by side like this, the difference is easy to read — which is exactly why seeing them in a real space is more useful than comparing chips.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Beacon Gray vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Beacon Gray on one side and Slaked Lime Deep on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Beacon Gray comparisons
See how Beacon Gray stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
With LRVs of 69 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 83 vs 66, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 6, Beacon Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Beacon Gray reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
Beacon Gray reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 52, Beacon Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Beacon Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (66 vs 58) makes Beacon Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 66 vs 27, Beacon Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Beacon Gray reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
Beacon Gray reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
A 11-point LRV gap (66 vs 55) makes Beacon Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 66 vs 13, Beacon Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 44, Beacon Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 66), opening up a space where Beacon Gray encloses it.
Beacon Gray reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 8-point LRV gap (74 vs 66) makes Shoji White the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 83 vs 66, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Beacon Gray reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Beacon Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 8, Beacon Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 68 vs 66), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Beacon Gray reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 12, Beacon Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 66 vs 45, Beacon Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Beacon Gray reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Beacon Gray reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.