Pacer White (SW 6098)
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Pacer White (SW 6098) is a light, warm off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 73, so it reflects about 73 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Pacer White
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Pacer 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 Pacer 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 | Sonnet | AF-55 | 70.4 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Designer White | ICC-11 | 73.8 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Cream in my Coffee | 3003-10C | 74 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Water Chestnut | 1078-2 | 76 | 1.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Pacer White (LRV 73) by LRV.
Lighter than Pacer White
Darker than Pacer White
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6098 |
| Hex | #E5DDD0 |
| RGB | 229, 221, 208 |
| HSL | 37°, 29%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 73 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.4, 0.5, 7.4 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Pacer White (SW 6098), published as #E5DDD0
#D4D3CE
#F7E7D0
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Pacer White (SW 6098)?
- Pacer White has an LRV of 73. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Pacer White is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Pacer White in another brand?
- Designer White (Behr ICC-11) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Pacer White warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Pacer White 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.