Cape Cod Grey vs Hicks' Blue
Where Cape Cod Grey belongs to Cloverdale Paint's range, Hicks' Blue is a Little Greene color. Hue-wise, Cape Cod Grey belongs to the grey family and Hicks' Blue to the blue family. Cape Cod Grey has an LRV of 48. With a ΔE of 40.8, 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.
Cape Cod Grey vs Hicks' Blue in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing Cape Cod Grey and Hicks' Blue 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
Cape Cod Grey vs Hicks' Blue Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Cape Cod Grey on one side and Hicks' Blue 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 Cape Cod Grey comparisons
See how Cape Cod Grey stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 69 vs 48, Ammonite is decisively the brighter choice.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 48), opening up a space where Cape Cod Grey encloses it.
Cape Cod Grey reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 6), opening up a space where Iron Ore encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (52 vs 48) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 48 vs 30, Cape Cod Grey is decisively the brighter choice.
Mizzle reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 60 vs 48, Agreeable Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cape Cod Grey reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (48 vs 43) makes Cape Cod Grey the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 48 vs 4, Cape Cod Grey is decisively the brighter choice.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cape Cod Grey reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 13), opening up a space where Bancha encloses it.
Cape Cod Grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 84 vs 48, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 48 vs 21, Cape Cod Grey is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 48), opening up a space where Cape Cod Grey encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 48), opening up a space where Cape Cod Grey encloses it.
Snowbound reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 48), opening up a space where Cape Cod Grey encloses it.
A 3-point LRV gap (51 vs 48) makes Pigeon the marginally brighter of the two.
Cape Cod Grey reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Cape Cod Grey reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 8), opening up a space where Duck Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 48), opening up a space where Cape Cod Grey encloses it.
A 7-point LRV gap (48 vs 41) makes Cape Cod Grey the marginally brighter of the two.
Cape Cod Grey reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
With LRVs of 48 and 45, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 48 vs 31, Cape Cod Grey is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 48 vs 7, Cape Cod Grey is decisively the brighter choice.