40 Blue-Gray Paint Colors to Inspire Your Next Reno

For a color that's both classic and very on-trend, try blue-gray. Lighter, airier shades of it can work well to brighten up dim hallways and bathrooms or highlight sunshine-filled sunrooms and entryways. The perfectly pigmented, vintage-y blue-gray is an excellent choice for a kitchen cabinet color or as your home's new exterior look. Meanwhile, an extra-dark blue-gray brings drama to whatever it touches and does well in formal dining rooms or as a surprising color pick for a small bathroom.

Whatever your color needs, there is bound to be a blue-gray for you. Keep reading to explore blue-gray paint colors from top paint brands, and get ready to find your home's new favorite color.

Valspar Blue Arrow

Named one of the 2023 Colors of the Year by Valspar, Blue Arrow is a modern take on the classic blue-gray color pairing. With subtle green undertones, this blue-gray isn't just a great interior paint choice, but it will also do well elsewhere in the home, like on cabinetry or your home's exterior.

Sherwin-Williams Samovar Silver

This popular color shade was Sherwin-Williams' color of the month in October 2022. It leans more gray than blue, and it's an easy choice for spaces you want to add the perfect balance of personality and neutral color to.

Farrow & Ball Borrowed Light

Looking for the perfect pale blue? Try out this go-to blue-gray shade from Farrow & Ball. It provides an airy touch to wherever it's added, and looks just as great in light-filled foyers as it does in windowless hallways.

Benjamin Moore Evening Dove

Moving deeper into darkening shades of blue-gray, Evening Dove is an excellent companion to white, be it soft or bright. Consider adding it to small spaces, like hallways or bathrooms, to prove that these tiny spaces can have just as much personality as the more noticeable parts of the home.

Magnolia Storm Chaser

Storm Chaser by Magnolia is a highly-pigmented blue awash in a welcoming gray. It's moody and full of personality, and it can be used in the bedroom for a bold look, or in a personality-filled entryway to set the scene for the rest of your home.

Clare Motor City

This blue-green-gray paint combo from Clare is another winning color pick. It adds a grown-up touch to whatever it sits upon, and its neutral look means you can add it without having to worry about too-much-color regret down the road.

Benjamin Moore Oxford Gray

Oxford Gray brings the perfect touch of elegant color wherever it's painted. Pair it with brass accents for an extra luxe look. This shade is another great kitchen cabinet color pick.

Clare Good Jeans

Good Jeans by Clare is a denim-inspired blue-gray that adds plenty of fun color to your home. This is a great color choice if your style leans more modern and playful, and it's also another good color pick for the bedroom, be it your own or your kids'.

Benjamin Moore Instinct

This powder-blue lookalike adds a little bit of gray to create a soft slate blue. It's elegant and timeless, and fits well in formal spaces like sitting rooms, foyers, and dining rooms.

Clare Cloud Watching

This blue-gray shade from Clare is a winning sky-inspired color pick. It feels easy and breezy, and it's a great example of how you can use color to brighten up the space. Add it to a light-filled sunroom, or use it as a statement color in a small half bath.

Sherwin-Williams Uncertain Gray

This cool color from Sherwin-Williams pairs well with a bright white or deep green. Its soft look makes it a great color choice for kitchen cabinets too—imagine how great it will look alongside some pearly white quartz counters.

Valspar Bare Minimum

Add this barely-there blue-gray to spaces that need some calming color, be they cluttered offices, busy playrooms, or overworked kitchens. Bare Minimum is also a great substitute for white, providing more personality and style than a flat white.

Benjamin Moore Beacon Gray

Beacon Gray by Benjamin Moore has a classic, old-world look. Unsurprisingly, in addition to working in any interior room, Beacon Gray is a wonderful paint choice for your home's exterior color.

Valspar Rising Tide

Rising Tide by Valspar is an elegant shade for traditional or modern interiors. It's a very on-trend color pick, and it will do well in modern living rooms or semi-casual dining rooms.

Benjamin Moore November Skies

This aptly named dreamy blue-gray is reminiscent of fading, overcast skies as the days grow shorter. It doesn't feel too heavy though, and will do well painted in just about any space in your home. It's also a great color to base a monochrome palette around.

Magnolia Deep Rock

Looking for a solid, steady blue-gray to add to your space? Try Deep Rock. It leans on the grayer side of blue-gray, and it's a great color pick for formal dining rooms or foyers. You can also use it in the kitchen for an on-trend cabinet color look.

Farrow & Ball Parma Gray

For a vintage color look, try Parma Gray by Farrow & Ball. They describe it as providing the "perfect period feel," making it an easy color pick for historic Victorians and Craftsmans, or your early-aughts ranch.

Magnolia Cement Pots

This soft and cool blue-gray from Magnolia immediately relaxes and calms wherever it is added. Cement Pots look great in primary bedrooms and bathrooms, and it's a welcoming color for your foyer or entryway.

Benjamin Moore Little Falls

This hazy color pairs perfectly with other nature-inspired colors like sage, moss green, rusty brown, and sandy beige. It can stand well on its own as the dominant color in a space, or it can serve as a balanced accent color.

Sherwin-Williams Granite Peak

This luscious, deep blue is the blue-gray you never knew you needed. It's right on the cusp of blue-gray, but it brings a lush amount of color to wherever it's painted. It's a great pick for a dramatic statement wall, or for an extra-colorful hall bathroom.

Valspar Ice Rink Blue

For a wintry color pick, try Ice Rink Blue by Valspar. This cool-toned color still feels surprisingly cozy, and it's a great color choice for nurseries, kids' bedrooms, and bathrooms that feel just a little bit too small. Another great way to use Ice Rink Blue? As a unique exterior color.

Sherwin-Williams Krypton

Sherwin-Williams describes this soft shade as "atmospheric," and we couldn't agree more. It's got that just-before-dusk look, and it's a calming and relaxing color pick. It's a great shade for the bedroom or bathroom.

Valspar Arctic Sunrise

Arctic Sunrise by Valspar leans heavy into the blue of its blue-gray makeup, bringing with it lots of breezy, solid color. Pair Arctic Sunrise with a soft sage green or a not-quite-white for a perfectly coordinating color pairing, or let it stand on its own just about anywhere in your home.

Sherwin-Williams Outerspace

Ready to add a color that's out-of-this-world? Try the aptly named Sherwin-Williams Outerspace. One of the most pigmented blue-grays on our list, Outerspace adds plenty of lush blue with a gray undertone that adds personality and drama.

Farrow & Ball Selvedge

Pair Selvedge from Farrow & Ball with a deep navy blue for a surprisingly fitting color combination. Selvedge works well as a base color in a dining room or living room, or as an unexpected trim color, consider using it instead of white.

Clare Deep Dive

This deep blue-gray adds the slightest hint of green for an oceanic look. Looking to add some drama to the dining room? Cover its walls in this stunning, highly-pigmented color, or add some beadboard painted in Deep Dive. As with other deep blue grays, Deep Dive pairs well with brass and gold accents.

Sherwin-Williams Let It Rain

A little bit darker than Jubilee, this blue-gray pick from Sherwin-Williams has a moody feel to it, making it a great color choice for those who like their colors to have a little personality to them. Try it out in the bedroom as an accent wall, or the dining room alongside dark wood accents.

Benjamin Moore White Satin

This pale lilac-tinted shade of blue-gray adds lots of color and personality to wherever it's painted, despite it being a fairly neutral color pick. Its playful look makes it a fun choice in kids' bedrooms, but it's not only for the little ones—it's also a unique and lighthearted shade for the kitchen or dining room.

Sherwin-Williams Jubilee

Looking for a stunning slate blue in your home? Try Sherwin-Williams Jubilee. With pastel undertones and the perfect touch of gray, it's one of the most elegant blue-gray shades around. Pair it with silver or gold accents to make it really pop.

Benjamin Moore Abyss

Abyss by Benjamin Moore brings deep gray and bluish-green together for an elegant and dramatic color combination. It's a great accent color for trim, beadboard, or doors.

Benjamin Moore Black Beauty

Looking for an almost-but-not-quite black? Try Black Beauty. Pairing dark and deep gray with the tiniest hint of blue, Black Beauty is an exquisite and stunning color pick, even in small doses.

Clare Set In Stone

Clare describes this blue-gray as a "strong, cool gray." It feels modern, yet timeless, and will work well in bathrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, and bedrooms. Consider pairing with soft beiges and whites.

Sherwin-Williams Misty

Sometimes, you want a color that's barely-there. If that's the case, try Misty by Sherwin-Williams. It's oh-so soft and airy, and it's a great color pick for a nursery or hallway.

Sherwin-Williams Storm Cloud

Looking for a moody paint shade? Try Sherwin-Williams Storm Cloud. Apply it with a textured finish to amp up the drama.

Benjamin Moore Lily White

Lily White from Benjamin Moore is one of the brightest blue-gray picks there is, even if it's just on the cusp of actually being a blue-gray shade. Its gentle blue undertones make it an excellent paint color choice for expansive spaces like living rooms, great rooms, or double-height walls.

Farrow & Ball De Nimes

This French-countryside-inspired shade is an elegant take on beautiful blue-gray. It can be dressed up to be the main attraction in formal spaces, or dressed down so that it looks equally compelling in cozy, relaxed spaces too.

Sherwin-Williams North Star

For a blue-gray that leans more gray than blue, try North Star. It's airy and quite bright for a blue-gray, making it a great paint color pick for large spaces like primary bedrooms or living rooms.

Farrow & Ball Kittiwake

This cool blue-gray brings with it a seashore-inspired look. Kittiwake from Farrow & Ball is an excellent color choice for homes with a beachy or coastal style, and it's also a great cabinet color pick for a laid-back and stylish kitchen.

Magnolia Display

This classic blue-gray will do just as well on the outside of your home as on its inside. Use it on the exterior of your home to give it a vintage, historic look. You don't have to paint your whole home in it either—consider using it just for exterior accents, like your front door or window frames.

Magnolia Coffee Nook

For another almost-but-not-quite black, try Coffee Nook by Magnolia. To make a one-of-a-kind statement, consider using it in your office or library. Or use it in smaller spaces, like your half-bath or even in a hall closet for a unique, bold look. There are so many ways you can get creative with deep, dramatic colors like Coffee Nook.

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