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Gray Cashmere 2138-60: hex #CFD5CD, LRV and its Sea Salt twin

Gray Cashmere is Benjamin Moore 2138-60 in the Color Preview collection, published as #CFD5CD (RGB 207, 213, 205) with an LRV of 64.53. It measures as a cool-leaning neutral with a green undertone, and Sherwin-Williams Sea Salt is only ΔE 0.8 away.

By Paul Gunder. Every value is computed from published standards; see how ColorPlum works.

Updated November 11, 2026

Benjamin MooreGray Cashmere2138-60

Hex: #CFD5CD
RGB: 207, 213, 205
LRV: 64.53
Undertone: Cool-leaning neutral, green undertone

LRV 64.53. Light: a light wall color that still reads as a color.

A neutral with a green cast (OKLCH hue 138°, chroma 0.013). Expect the green to show more in warm evening light and next to cooler whites.

Coordinating colors Benjamin Moore suggests

Storm Cloud Gray2140-40
Rainforest Dew2146-50
FlintAF-560
Mallard Green2053-10

Closest colors from other brands

ΔE is the CIEDE2000 difference between the published values: under 2 is hard to tell apart on a wall, 2 to 5 is a visible but related shade. Always compare real chips before you buy.

Name, code, LRV and color value as published by Benjamin Moore on its color page (checked 2026-11-11). A screen can only approximate paint: sheen, lighting and the screen itself all change it, so check a physical sample. ColorPlum is not affiliated with Benjamin Moore.

ColorPlum swatchGray Cashmerepale, grayish green

HEX: #CFD5CD
RGB: rgb(207, 213, 205)
HSL: hsl(105, 9%, 82%)

Best text on it: black at 14.05:1

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Gray Cashmere#CFD5CD

Every code for Gray Cashmere

HEX#CFD5CD
RGBrgb(207, 213, 205)
HSLhsl(105, 9%, 82%)
HSV105°, 4%, 84%
CMYK3%, 0%, 4%, 16%
Lablab(84.6% -3.2 3.2)
OKLCHoklch(86.6% 0.013 137.8)
Decimal13620685

Tints, shades and tones

From white to black in 10% steps, with Gray Cashmere in the middle. Tap a code to copy it.

90%#FAFBFA
80%#F5F7F5
70%#F1F2F0
60%#ECEEEB
50%#E7EAE6
40%#E2E6E1
30%#DDE2DC
20%#D9DDD7
10%#D4D9D2
Base#CFD5CD
10%#BAC0B9
20%#A6AAA4
30%#919590
40%#7C807B
50%#686B67
60%#535552
70%#3E403E
80%#292B29
90%#151515

Tones (mixed with gray)

10%#C7CDC5
20%#BFC4BE
30%#B7BCB6
40%#AFB3AE
50%#A8ABA7
60%#A0A29F
70%#989A97
80%#90918F
90%#888988

Matching colors

Complementary

#CFD5CD
#D3CDD5

Analogous

#D3D5CD
#CFD5CD
#CDD5CF

Triadic

#CFD5CD
#CDCFD5
#D5CDCF

Split complementary

#CFD5CD
#CFCDD5
#D5CDD3

Tetradic (square)

#CFD5CD
#CDD3D5
#D3CDD5
#D5CFCD

Monochromatic

#7F8F7A
#A7B2A3
#CFD5CD
#F4F6F4
#F4F6F4

Gray Cashmere in 3D color space

OKLab, the space ColorPlum does its math in: lightness runs up the pole, hue goes around it and saturation grows outward. The faint shell is every color a screen can show (saturation is drawn wider than lightness so hues separate). Drag to turn it.

Gray Cashmere with its complement, its triad and its tint and shade

Gray Cashmere
Triad #CDCFD5
Triad #D5CDCF
Complement
50% tint
50% shade

Gray Cashmere in use

New collectionAutumn edit

Card body text stays dark for reading; gray cashmere carries the header and the button.

Shop nowTag

Headline in Gray Cashmere

A paragraph with a link in dark text, because this color is too light for text on white; use it for fills instead.

How it looks with color-vision deficiency

A simulation (Machado and colleagues, 2009) of how the color and its complement read without one type of cone.

Typical color vision#CFD5CD
Protanopia (no red cones)#D6D4CD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)#D5D3CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)#CFD4D3

Contrast and readability

Pairing	Ratio	WCAG 2.2
as text on white	1.49:1	AA AA large AAA
as text on black	14.05:1	AA AA large AAA
white text on it	1.49:1	AA AA large AAA
black text on it	14.05:1	AA AA large AAA
on your background	1.30:1	AA AA large AAA

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Export

:root {
  --gray-cashmere: #cfd5cd;
  --gray-cashmere-rgb: 207 213 205;
  --gray-cashmere-on: #000000;
}

On this page

Gray Cashmere is Benjamin Moore 2138-60, part of the Color Preview collection. People often search for it as "Cashmere Gray", but Benjamin Moore's name puts the gray first. The brand publishes it as #CFD5CD, RGB 207, 213, 205, with a light reflectance value of 64.53.

A gray that leans green

The three channels sit within eight points of each other, so this is a near-gray, but green is the highest of the three, and that small lead decides its character. HSL gives hsl(105, 9%, 82%): a green hue at very low saturation and high lightness. In OKLCH it lands at 86.6% lightness, chroma 0.013, hue 138°. A chroma that low keeps it firmly in neutral territory; it measures as a cool-leaning neutral with a green undertone. Against crisp white trim or in warm lamplight that green becomes easier to see, while beside a gray-beige it can look almost blue-green.

An LRV of 64.53 sits in the light band. It brightens a room without vanishing, so walls still read as a soft color rather than off-white.

Its near twin from Sherwin-Williams

The closest paint we cover is Sherwin-Williams Sea Salt (SW 6204), only ΔE 0.8 away. On a wall that gap is too small for most eyes to separate, so if a project specifies one, the other is a credible stand-in. Next come Copen Blue (SW 0068) at 3.0, a related but visibly different shade, and Benjamin Moore's own Palladian Blue (HC-144) at 4.5, which carries more blue. Behr Silver Drop at 4.8 and Absolute Zero at 4.9 are further again. Even a sub-1 match should be checked with real chips on your own wall, because sheen and base change how a published value lands.

What Benjamin Moore pairs it with

The brand's Color Combinations list for Gray Cashmere names Storm Cloud Gray (2140-40), Rainforest Dew (2146-50), Flint (AF-560) and Mallard Green (2053-10). That runs from a mid-gray to a deep green, which suggests using Gray Cashmere as the light, quiet field and letting one of the darker names carry doors, an island or a feature wall.

Worked example

You are refreshing a south-facing bathroom with white tile and brushed nickel fixtures. Gray Cashmere on the walls, at LRV 64.53, keeps the room light while the green undertone keeps the white tile from looking stark. Strong afternoon sun will push it toward pale sage, so paint a sample at that hour. Use Mallard Green (2053-10) on the vanity for contrast. If your contractor already stocks Sherwin-Williams, Sea Salt at ΔE 0.8 is close enough to consider, but compare the two chips side by side before committing. For a printed towel-hook label in the same color, use black type: it reaches 14.05:1 on #CFD5CD, while white only manages 1.49:1.