Cross-brand match

Gray Whale Cove in Benjamin Moore

Vista Paint 8247 translated into the Benjamin Moore line

Vista Paint Gray Whale Cove 8247 on a wall, hex #72767D
Benjamin Moore Eclipse 2132-40 on a wall, hex #717980

The closest Benjamin Moore paint to Vista Paint Gray Whale Cove (8247) is Eclipse 2132-40, a delta-E of 1.76 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.

Eclipse is 0.7 LRV points lighter, so the room will read slightly brighter. Undertone reads as blue cast against blue cast, at chroma 5.1 and 4.4.

Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.

NEARESTEclipse2132-40
DISTANCEΔE 1.76CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE18.7 against 18.0
HEX#717980against #72767D

Ranked matches in Benjamin Moore

closest first
Benjamin Moore colorΔE LRV Undertone
Eclipse2132-40 1.76 18.7 blue cast Compare
Smoke Gray2120-40 1.98 19.6 blue cast Compare
Gray Shower2125-30 2.01 18.3 blue cast Compare
Silver Streak2119-40 2.07 20.7 blue cast Compare
Wolf Gray2127-40 2.96 19.6 blue cast Compare
TempestAF-590 3.28 19.5 violet cast Compare

Gray Whale Cove in other brands

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