Blue grey vs Saybrook Sage

RAL Classic
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Benjamin Moore

Where Blue grey belongs to RAL Classic's range, Saybrook Sage is a Benjamin Moore color. Saybrook Sage (LRV 45) reflects noticeably more light than Blue grey (LRV 16), a difference of 29 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 33.7, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question.

Blue grey vs Saybrook Sage Color Comparison

Bathroom
Bedroom
House
Kitchen Cabinets
Living Room

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.

ΔE 33.7Very different colors

Color Details

Blue grey
RAL Classic · RAL 7031
Hex#5B686D
LRV16.4
BrandRAL Classic
NumberRAL 7031
Undertone
Temperature
Brightnessdark
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Saybrook Sage
Benjamin Moore · HC-114
Hex#B1B7A2
LRV45.5
BrandBenjamin Moore
NumberHC-114
UndertoneGreen
Temperaturewarm
BrightnessMid-tone
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Blue grey vs Saybrook Sage in Real Spaces

Seeing Blue grey and Saybrook Sage in actual rooms makes the difference concrete. Browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall. Showing 5 room types where both colors have photos.

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 LRV gap is large enough that Saybrook Sage will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Blue grey would.

Blue grey
RAL 7031 living room fireplace

@boudoir_interior

Saybrook Sage
Benjamin Moore HC-114 living room color

@laurengent_realtor

Bedroom

The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. Saybrook Sage reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Blue grey.

Blue grey
RAL 7031 bedroom interior

@frk.gaardmand

Saybrook Sage
Benjamin Moore HC-114 bedroom color review

@the.willow.tree.design

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. Saybrook Sage reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Blue grey.

Blue grey
RAL Classic  Blue grey bathroom review

@techniquecoatingsuk

Saybrook Sage
Benjamin Moore Saybrook Sage bathroom color

@dd_design_decor

House

Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. Saybrook Sage reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Blue grey.

Blue grey
RAL Classic  Blue grey house exterior

@marcel.remus

Saybrook Sage
Benjamin Moore HC-114 house exterior paint review

@barrydownepaint

Kitchen Cabinets

Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Saybrook Sage reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Blue grey.

Blue grey
RAL Classic  Blue grey kitchen cabinets

@bluestarkitchens_shaewilder

Saybrook Sage
Saybrook Sage kitchen cabinets color review

@kylestarkpainting

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