Modest White (SW 6084)
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Modest White (SW 6084) is a light, warm off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 74, so it reflects about 74 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Modest White
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Modest 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 Modest 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 | Featherstone | 1002 | 68.8 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Pale Cashmere | PPU2-04 | 74.7 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Blank Canvas | 7001-16 | 76 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Stone Harbor | 1079-2 | 75 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Modest White (LRV 74) by LRV.
Lighter than Modest White
Darker than Modest White
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6084 |
| Hex | #E6DDD4 |
| RGB | 230, 221, 212 |
| HSL | 30°, 26%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.6, 1.5, 5.5 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Modest White (SW 6084), published as #E6DDD4
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#F8E7D4
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Modest White (SW 6084)?
- Modest White has an LRV of 74. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Modest White is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Modest White in another brand?
- Pale Cashmere (Behr PPU2-04) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Modest White warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Modest White 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.