Reliable White (SW 6091)
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Reliable White (SW 6091) 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 Reliable White
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Reliable 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 Reliable 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 | Bride To Be | 1009 | 70.7 | 1.0 | very close |
| Behr | Smokey Cream | N190-1 | 74.9 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Bungalow White | 2005-10C | 74 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Moroccan Moonlight | 1074-2 | 76 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Reliable White (LRV 74) by LRV.
Lighter than Reliable White
Darker than Reliable White
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6091 |
| Hex | #E8DED3 |
| RGB | 232, 222, 211 |
| HSL | 31°, 31%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.0, 1.6, 6.6 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Reliable White (SW 6091), published as #E8DED3
#D7D4D1
#FAE8D3
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Reliable White (SW 6091)?
- Reliable 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 Reliable White is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Reliable White in another brand?
- Smokey Cream (Behr N190-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Reliable White warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Reliable White as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 6.6; 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.