Swirling Water (Behr PR-W10)

Swirling Water Behr PR-W10#E6E9E9, LRV 81 (estimated)
Living room with walls painted Behr Swirling Water PR-W10 (simulated)
Living room, walls in Swirling Water

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Swirling Water (Behr PR-W10) is a very light, neutral white from Behr: LRV 81, so it reflects about 81 percent of the light that hits it.

Colors that go with Swirling Water

Four Behr colors picked for Swirling Water by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Behr did not choose these pairings.

Closest match in every other brand

Each brand's closest color to Swirling Water, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.

BrandClosest colorCodeLRVdeltaEHow close
Sherwin-WilliamsWinsome GreySW 9624811.1very close
Benjamin MooreMisty Gray2124-6080.60.7indistinguishable
ValsparBlue Kiss7004-11841.0very close
PPG PaintsRadisson1013-1800.7indistinguishable

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Color data

BrandBehr
Color codePR-W10
Hex#E6E9E9
RGB230, 233, 233
HSL180°, 6%, 91%
LRV (light reflectance value)81 (estimated from the hex)
Lab L*, a*, b*92.1, -1.0, -0.3
UndertoneNeutral
Temperatureneutral
Color familyWhite

Same paint, two kinds of light

Swirling Water (Behr PR-W10), published as #E6E9E9

North light (cool, indirect)
#D4DFE7
South light (warm, direct)
#F9F3E9

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Common questions

What is the LRV of Swirling Water (Behr PR-W10)?
Swirling Water has an LRV of 81 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Swirling Water is a very light color.
What is the closest match to Swirling Water in another brand?
Misty Gray (BM 2124-60) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
Is Swirling Water warm or cool?
Behr lists Swirling Water as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is -0.3; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.

Sources: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value. Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.

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