Vista Paint 8258Vista Paint 8258It reads as a neutral with a cool teal-gray. In the Vista Paint lineup this is 8258.
At chroma 1.8 the cool teal-gray shows up against a neutral background and disappears against anything with stronger colour. A warm bulb is the easiest fix if this reads colder than expected once it is on the wall.
At this LRV (59.0), a room reads as neither bright-white nor dim - a genuinely middle-of-the-road amount of light comes back off the wall. Open-plan walls, hallways, anywhere the color has to work in several exposures at once.
If a second wall color is wanted in the same room, Dunn-Edwards Precious Pearls keeps the jump obvious rather than muddy (roughly 28.3 LRV points from this one).
If the brand is not fixed, Benjamin Moore Whitestone (2134-60) is the same color by measurement - delta-E 0. This is not a rare shade: 8 colors from other brands sit within delta-E 2 of it. Eggshell is a common middle ground here - enough durability for a lived-in room without the sheen that would draw attention to wall imperfections.
It is lighter than 63 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the K codes, alongside 1,318 other colors.
Vista Paint Where there is Smoke is close to a true neutral, neither clearly warm nor cool: its hue angle is 200° in CIE Lab at a chroma of 1.8, with a cool teal-gray.
The light reflectance value (LRV) of Vista Paint Where there is Smoke (8258) is 59.0, on a scale where 0 is absolute black and 100 is absolute white, which makes it a light-to-mid color.
Measured on the color wheel, Vista Paint Where there is Smoke pairs with Dunn-Edwards Eagle's View (DE6394, complement), Dunn-Edwards Silver Setting (DE6359, analogous, warmer), Vista Paint Grey Mist (8315, analogous, cooler), Dunn-Edwards Precious Pearls (DEW386, soft accent).
Vista Paint Where there is Smoke's hex value is #C9CECE, RGB 201, 206, 206.
Vista Paint Where there is Smoke is classified as a gray, with a cool teal-gray.
The nearest Pantone TCX color to Vista Paint Where there is Smoke is 13-4303 TCX Dawn Blue, delta-E 1.31; the nearest RAL Classic is RAL 7047 Telegrey 4, delta-E 1.83.
The closest cross-brand match to Vista Paint Where there is Smoke is Benjamin Moore Whitestone (2134-60), at a delta-E of 0 - close enough to be the same color by measurement.
| HEX | #C9CECE |
| RGB | 201, 206, 206 |
| CMYK | 2%, 0%, 0%, 19% |
| HSL | 180°, 5%, 80% |
| HSV | 180°, 2%, 81% |
| CIE Lab | 82.39, -1.7, -0.61 |
| LCh | 82.39, 1.81, 199.7° |
| XYZ | 57.3, 61.02, 67.14 |
| Pantone (nearest) | 13-4303 TCX Dawn Blue · ΔE 1.31 |
| RAL (nearest) | RAL 7047 Telegrey 4 · ΔE 1.83 |
| 13-4303 TCX Dawn Blue | ΔE 1.31 | |
| 13-4404 TCX Ice Flow | ΔE 2.64 | |
| 13-4201 TCX Oyster Mushroom | ΔE 2.98 | |
| RAL 7047 Telegrey 4 | ΔE 1.83 | |
| RAL 7035 Light grey | ΔE 2.22 | |
| RAL 9018 Papyrus white | ΔE 3.62 |
Pantone TCX and RAL Classic are physical standards; these are their published sRGB approximations, so check a fan deck before specifying. Pantone® and RAL are trademarks of their respective owners.
Shades mix the color toward black, tints toward white. Click any step to find the paint colors closest to it.
One image with Where there is Smoke and its closest color at every other brand, measured by delta-E.
Agreeable GraySherwin-Williams SW 7029
Sea SaltSherwin-Williams SW 6204
BlackenedFarrow & Ball 2011
Pearly WhiteSherwin-Williams SW 7009
De NimesFarrow & Ball 299
Iron MountainBehr N520-5
MarshmallowSherwin-Williams SW 7001
Inchyra BlueFarrow & Ball 289
Winter IceBenjamin Moore 866
Smoky MountainDunn-Edwards DE6388
Wild AsterBenjamin Moore 1240
DoveBehr HDC-MD-21
London ClayFarrow & Ball 244
Silver StrandSherwin-Williams SW 7057
Charleston GrayFarrow & Ball 243
Stonington GrayBenjamin Moore HC-170
