Popular Gray (SW 6071)
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Popular Gray (SW 6071) is a light, warm greige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 61, so it reflects about 61 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Popular Gray
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Popular Gray by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper greige, 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 Popular Gray, 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 | Sea Froth | 2107-60 | 61.9 | 1.1 | very close |
| Behr | Granite Dust | MQ3-06 | 62.6 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Sand Storm | 2004-10B | 59 | 2.3 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | My Alibi | 1018-2 | 61 | 1.3 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams greige colors nearest to Popular Gray (LRV 61) by LRV.
Lighter than Popular Gray
Darker than Popular Gray
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6071 |
| Hex | #D4CCC3 |
| RGB | 212, 204, 195 |
| HSL | 32°, 17%, 80% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 61 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 82.5, 1.2, 5.5 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Popular Gray (SW 6071), published as #D4CCC3
#C3C2C1
#E6D6C3
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Popular Gray (SW 6071)?
- Popular Gray has an LRV of 61. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Popular Gray is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Popular Gray in another brand?
- Granite Dust (Behr MQ3-06) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Popular Gray warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Popular Gray as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.5; 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.