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October Mist 1495: hex #B6B8A5, LRV, green undertone

October Mist (1495) is a Benjamin Moore Classics paint at #B6B8A5 with an LRV of 46.54. It measures as a cool-leaning neutral with a green undertone.

Benjamin Moore named October Mist its Color of the Year 2022. See how it measures against every Color of the Year since 2000.

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

Updated November 11, 2026

Benjamin MooreOctober Mist1495

Hex: #B6B8A5
RGB: 182, 184, 165
LRV: 46.54
Undertone: Cool-leaning neutral, green undertone

LRV 46.54. Mid-tone: noticeably colored; best in rooms with good daylight.

A neutral with a green cast (OKLCH hue 112°, chroma 0.026). Expect the green to show more in warm evening light and next to cooler whites.

Coordinating colors Benjamin Moore suggests

Glacier WhiteOC-37
Springfield Sage510
SteamAF-15
Venetian PorticoAF-185

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 swatchOctober Mistlight, soft yellow-green

HEX: #B6B8A5
RGB: rgb(182, 184, 165)
HSL: hsl(66, 12%, 68%)

Best text on it: black at 10.38:1

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Every code for October Mist

HEX#B6B8A5
RGBrgb(182, 184, 165)
HSLhsl(66, 12%, 68%)
HSV66°, 10%, 72%
CMYK1%, 0%, 10%, 28%
Lablab(74.2% -3.2 9.4)
OKLCHoklch(77.6% 0.026 111.9)
Decimal11974821

Tints, shades and tones

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

90%#F8F8F6
80%#F0F1ED
70%#E9EAE4
60%#E2E3DB
50%#DBDCD2
40%#D3D4C9
30%#CCCDC0
20%#C5C6B7
10%#BDBFAE
Base#B6B8A5
10%#A4A695
20%#929384
30%#7F8174
40%#6D6E63
50%#5B5C53
60%#494A42
70%#373732
80%#242521
90%#121211

Tones (mixed with gray)

10%#B1B2A1
20%#ABAD9E
30%#A6A79A
40%#A0A296
50%#9B9C93
60%#96968F
70%#90918B
80%#8B8B87
90%#858684

Matching colors

Complementary

#B6B8A5
#A7A5B8

Analogous

#B8B1A5
#B6B8A5
#ADB8A5

Triadic

#B6B8A5
#A5B6B8
#B8A5B6

Split complementary

#B6B8A5
#A5ADB8
#B1A5B8

Tetradic (square)

#B6B8A5
#A5B8B1
#A7A5B8
#B8A5AD

Monochromatic

#6B6E56
#93967A
#B6B8A5
#D9DAD0
#F6F6F4

October Mist 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.

October Mist with its complement, its triad and its tint and shade

October Mist
Triad #A5B6B8
Triad #B8A5B6
Complement
50% tint
50% shade

October Mist in use

New collectionAutumn edit

Card body text stays dark for reading; october mist carries the header and the button.

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Headline in October Mist

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#B6B8A5
Protanopia (no red cones)#BBB6A4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)#BBB7A6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)#B9B6B2

Contrast and readability

Pairing	Ratio	WCAG 2.2
as text on white	2.02:1	AA AA large AAA
as text on black	10.38:1	AA AA large AAA
white text on it	2.02:1	AA AA large AAA
black text on it	10.38:1	AA AA large AAA
on your background	1.76:1	AA AA large AAA

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Export

:root {
  --october-mist: #b6b8a5;
  --october-mist-rgb: 182 184 165;
  --october-mist-on: #000000;
}

On this page

October Mist is Benjamin Moore 1495, part of the Benjamin Moore Classics collection. The hex is #B6B8A5, the RGB is 182, 184, 165, and the LRV is 46.54. That puts it in the mid-tone range, where a paint reads clearly as a color and does best in rooms with good daylight.

Hue, chroma and cast

In HSL it is hsl(66, 12%, 68%), and in OKLCH it is oklch(77.6% 0.026 111.9). A hue of 112 degrees sits between yellow and green, and the file labels the result as a cool-leaning neutral with a green undertone. With chroma at 0.026, this is a muted sage-gray, not a vivid green.

The green looks stronger under lamplight and when set against bluer whites. In a bright, neutral room it recedes, which gives you a way to dial it up or down with lighting.

Pairing from the brand

The brand's coordinating list includes Glacier White (OC-37), Springfield Sage (510), Steam (AF-15) and Venetian Portico (AF-185). None has a page here, so they appear as names and codes. Request a physical sample of each and set them against the wall color in the room, since only a real chip shows how they relate to the green cast.

Neighbors by delta E

In the same brand, Pashmina AF-100 and Revere Pewter HC-172 are both 6.0 away, and Edgecomb Gray HC-173 is 8.6. All three read as clearly different from it.

The nearest Sherwin-Williams color is Oyster Bay SW 6206 at 4.1, related but visible. Then come Mindful Gray SW 7016 at 5.6 and Light French Gray SW 0055 at 7.0. Nothing is below 2, so no swap is invisible; look at real samples.

Worked example

Think of a sunroom with large south-facing windows and a stone floor. The full daylight suits a mid-tone, and at LRV 46.54 October Mist will hold its color instead of washing out. Try it on the walls, with a lighter coordinating color on the ceiling to keep the volume airy. If you are choosing between this and Oyster Bay, the 4.1 gap means the Sherwin-Williams color will look noticeably different on a large wall, so do not treat it as a drop-in replacement.

For web work

Black text on #B6B8A5 comes to 10.38:1, whereas white text gives 2.02:1. Choose black or a very dark gray for anything that must be read.