Midnight Oil
Benjamin Moore's Midnight Oil is a black shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. A blue undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#464748LRV
7.67
Midnight Oil in Rooms
Follow Midnight Oil from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 22 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
11 House Photos
Across 11 house images, Midnight Oil (1631) meets full daylight, cloud cover and long evening shadows. Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood.
This home's painted exterior displays the dramatic allure of Midnight Oil.
@modernbymiles
6 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
Viewed across 6 kitchen cabinets images in cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture, Midnight Oil (1631) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. With an LRV of 7.7, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
Kitchen cabinetry in Midnight Oil delivers bold, modern sophistication.
@stephanie.sarah.home
5 Misc Photos
Viewed across 5 misc images in an assortment of spaces that reveals the color outside a single design formula, Midnight Oil (1631) reveals how much color depends on scale, surface and shadow. With an LRV of 7.7, it carries enough visual weight to make light, trim and texture feel especially deliberate.
An accent wall in Midnight Oil creates depth and visual interest.
@heelshealthandhome
Walls painted in Midnight Oil establish a sophisticated, moody atmosphere.
@heelshealthandhome
This wall painted Midnight Oil transforms the room instantly.
@heelshealthandhome
Cabinets finished in Midnight Oil showcase refined, contemporary style.
@sarahlaloneinteriors
Painted shelving in Midnight Oil provides striking display space.
@sarahlaloneinteriors
Coordinating Colors
Distant Gray reflects far more light (LRV 88 vs 8), opening up a space where Midnight Oil encloses it.
At LRV 87 vs 8, Oxford White is decisively the brighter choice.
Tree Moss reflects far more light (LRV 47 vs 8), opening up a space where Midnight Oil encloses it.
At LRV 32 vs 8, Province Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 8 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 8 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 8 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
With LRVs of 8 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Woodcliff Lake reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Silver Fox reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 8), opening up a space where Midnight Oil encloses it.
Upper West Side reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 8), opening up a space where Midnight Oil encloses it.
At LRV 47 vs 8, Himalayan Trek is decisively the brighter choice.
Briarwood reflects far more light (LRV 32 vs 8), opening up a space where Midnight Oil encloses it.
At LRV 48 vs 8, Thunder is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 8 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 7-point LRV gap (15 vs 8) makes Charcoal Slate the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Stormy Sky reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 8), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
With LRVs of 8 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 8 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 8 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Midnight Oil reads slightly lighter (LRV 8 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Bring a bold edge of saturation to any space with this dark, enveloping hue.