Gorgeous White (SW 6049)
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Gorgeous White (SW 6049) is a light, warm off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 72, so it reflects about 72 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Gorgeous White
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Gorgeous White by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Sherwin-Williams did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Gorgeous White, 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.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Savory Cream | 2105-70 | 76.1 | 1.4 | very close |
| Behr | Kangaroo Tan | 770A-2 | 69.6 | 1.0 | very close |
| Valspar | Desert Bone | 1008-10C | 74 | 1.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Sablewood | 1068-2 | 75 | 1.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Gorgeous White (LRV 72) by LRV.
Lighter than Gorgeous White
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6049 |
| Hex | #E7DBD3 |
| RGB | 231, 219, 211 |
| HSL | 24°, 29%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 72 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.1, 2.8, 5.4 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Gorgeous White (SW 6049), published as #E7DBD3
#D6D1D1
#F9E5D3
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Gorgeous White (SW 6049)?
- Gorgeous White has an LRV of 72. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Gorgeous White is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Gorgeous White in another brand?
- Kangaroo Tan (Behr 770A-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.0 (very close).
- Is Gorgeous White warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Gorgeous White as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.4; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). 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.