Slate Teal vs Snowbound
Slate Teal is a Benjamin Moore color while Snowbound comes from Sherwin-Williams. Hue-wise, Slate Teal belongs to the blue family and Snowbound to the beige-greige family. At LRV 83 vs 9, Snowbound will read as the brighter of the two — a 74-point gap that matters most in north-facing or low-light rooms. The tonal difference — Slate Teal's blue character against Snowbound's warm — becomes most visible against white trim or in morning light. At ΔE 64.2, these are genuinely distinct colors — a strong contrast if used together, or a meaningful choice between two different directions. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Slate Teal vs Snowbound in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. Seeing Slate Teal and Snowbound in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Living Room
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. Snowbound returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Dining Room
Dining room light is typically the warmest in the house, which shifts both colors toward the red end of the spectrum compared to daylight. Snowbound reflects noticeably more light off the walls, making the space read more open than Slate Teal.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The LRV gap is large enough that Snowbound will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Slate Teal would.
House
At full exterior scale, the difference between these two colors becomes much easier to judge than from a small chip. The LRV gap is large enough that Snowbound will make the room feel meaningfully brighter than Slate Teal would.
Front Door
Front doors are seen in isolation against the rest of the facade, which makes them a high-stakes surface where even subtle differences matter. Snowbound returns significantly more light to the room — in a smaller or darker space, that difference in perceived brightness is hard to miss.
Color Details
Slate Teal vs Snowbound Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Slate Teal on one side and Snowbound on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Slate Teal comparisons
See how Slate Teal stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
Ammonite reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 9), opening up a space where Slate Teal encloses it.
At LRV 83 vs 9, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (9 vs 6) makes Slate Teal the marginally brighter of the two.
Purbeck Stone reflects far more light (LRV 52 vs 9), opening up a space where Slate Teal encloses it.
Evergreen Fog reflects far more light (LRV 30 vs 9), opening up a space where Slate Teal encloses it.
At LRV 52 vs 9, Mizzle is decisively the brighter choice.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 9), opening up a space where Slate Teal encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 9, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 27 vs 9, Denim Drift is decisively the brighter choice.
French Gray reflects far more light (LRV 43 vs 9), opening up a space where Slate Teal encloses it.
Slate Teal reads slightly lighter (LRV 9 vs 4), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 55 vs 9, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (13 vs 9) makes Bancha the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 44 vs 9, Hardwick White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 9), opening up a space where Slate Teal encloses it.
Artichoke reflects far more light (LRV 21 vs 9), opening up a space where Slate Teal encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 9, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 9, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 9), opening up a space where Slate Teal encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 9 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 68 vs 9, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
Dix Blue reflects far more light (LRV 41 vs 9), opening up a space where Slate Teal encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 45 vs 9, Saybrook Sage is decisively the brighter choice.
Pale Green reflects far more light (LRV 31 vs 9), opening up a space where Slate Teal encloses it.
With LRVs of 9 and 7, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.