RAL 430-2 vs Agreeable Gray
Where RAL 430-2 belongs to RAL Effect's range, Agreeable Gray is a Sherwin-Williams color. Hue-wise, RAL 430-2 belongs to the pink-red family and Agreeable Gray to the greige-grey family. Agreeable Gray (LRV 60) reflects noticeably more light than RAL 430-2 (LRV 44), a difference of 17 points that becomes especially apparent in rooms with limited natural light. With a ΔE of 34.3, 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.
RAL 430-2 vs Agreeable Gray in Real Spaces
3 real rooms side by side. Seeing RAL 430-2 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. The LRV gap is large enough that Agreeable Gray will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than RAL 430-2 would.
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. Agreeable Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than RAL 430-2.
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen cabinets are constantly compared against adjacent materials, which means subtle differences between these two become much more visible. Agreeable Gray reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than RAL 430-2.
Color Details
RAL 430-2 vs Agreeable Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see RAL 430-2 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 430-2 comparisons
See how RAL 430-2 stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
White Dove reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 44), opening up a space where RAL 430-2 encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (52 vs 44) makes Purbeck Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 30, RAL 430-2 is decisively the brighter choice.
Accessible Beige reflects far more light (LRV 58 vs 44), opening up a space where RAL 430-2 encloses it.
RAL 430-2 reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 27), opening up a space where Denim Drift encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 43), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Tranquil Dawn reads slightly lighter (LRV 55 vs 44), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 44 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 84 vs 44, Pure White is decisively the brighter choice.
Balboa Mist reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 44), opening up a space where RAL 430-2 encloses it.
Shoji White reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 44), opening up a space where RAL 430-2 encloses it.
RAL 430-2 reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 12), opening up a space where Pewter Green encloses it.
Skimming Stone reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 44), opening up a space where RAL 430-2 encloses it.
RAL 430-2 reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 12), opening up a space where Vintage Vogue encloses it.
With LRVs of 45 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 44 vs 31, RAL 430-2 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 7, RAL 430-2 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 44 vs 24, RAL 430-2 is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 57 vs 44, Guilford Green is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 44, Just Walnut is decisively the brighter choice.