Beacon Gray vs Agreeable Gray
Where Beacon Gray belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Agreeable Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, Beacon Gray belongs to the blue-grey family and Agreeable Gray to the greige-grey family. Beacon Gray (LRV 66) reflects noticeably more light than Agreeable Gray (LRV 60), a difference of 6 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. Beacon Gray runs blue while Agreeable Gray is decidedly warm, which means they'll respond very differently to warm vs cool light sources. With a ΔE of 11.2, 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 Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Beacon Gray and Agreeable Gray 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. The brightness difference is modest but present — Beacon Gray gives the walls a little more lift.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Beacon Gray reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
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. Beacon Gray reads slightly lighter here — a subtle but real difference in how open the space feels.
Color Details
Beacon Gray vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Beacon Gray on one side and Agreeable Gray 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.
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At LRV 66 vs 52, Beacon Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
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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.
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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.
At LRV 66 vs 12, 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.
With LRVs of 68 and 66, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Beacon Gray reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 25), opening up a space where Treron 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.
Beacon Gray reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Beacon Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Just Walnut reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.