RAL 180-2 vs Agreeable Gray
Where RAL 180-2 belongs to RAL Effect's range, Agreeable Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, RAL 180-2 belongs to the blue family and Agreeable Gray to the greige-grey family. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (58 vs 60), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. With a ΔE of 16.4, 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 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
RAL 180-2 vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing RAL 180-2 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. 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.
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. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
RAL 180-2 vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see RAL 180-2 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 RAL 180-2 comparisons
See how RAL 180-2 stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 58), opening up a space where RAL 180-2 encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (58 vs 52) makes RAL 180-2 the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 58 vs 30, RAL 180-2 is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 58 and 58, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
RAL 180-2 reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 43, RAL 180-2 is decisively the brighter choice.
RAL 180-2 reads slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
RAL 180-2 reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 44), opening up a space where Hardwick White encloses it.
At LRV 84 vs 58, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 58), opening up a space where RAL 180-2 encloses it.
RAL 180-2 reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
RAL 180-2 reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
RAL 180-2 reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 45), opening up a space where Saybrook Sage encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 31, RAL 180-2 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 7, RAL 180-2 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 58 vs 24, RAL 180-2 is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 58 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 72 vs 58, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.