Spalding Gray (SW 6074)
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Spalding Gray (SW 6074) is a deep, warm greige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 22, so it reflects about 22 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Spalding Gray
Three Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Spalding Gray by this site's color math: a trim white, 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 Spalding 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 | Smoked Oyster | 2109-40 | 23 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Wild Truffle | HDC-NT-27B | 22 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Soft Rabbit Brown | 1002-9C | 23 | 1.9 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Wild Wilderness | 1019-5 | 24 | 2.3 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams greige colors nearest to Spalding Gray (LRV 22) by LRV.
Lighter than Spalding Gray
Darker than Spalding Gray
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6074 |
| Hex | #8D7F75 |
| RGB | 141, 127, 117 |
| HSL | 25°, 10%, 51% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 22 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 54.2, 3.6, 7.4 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Spalding Gray (SW 6074), published as #8D7F75
#7E7673
#9D8875
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Spalding Gray (SW 6074)?
- Spalding Gray has an LRV of 22. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Spalding Gray is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Spalding Gray in another brand?
- Wild Truffle (Behr HDC-NT-27B) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Spalding Gray warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Spalding Gray as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.4; 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.