Sedate Gray (SW 6169)
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Sedate Gray (SW 6169) 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 Sedate Gray
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Sedate 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 Sedate 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 | Penthouse | CSP-35 | 62.3 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Clay Beige | UL190-10 | 63.7 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Villa Grey | 6005-1B | 61 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Storm's Coming | 1008-2 | 59 | 1.5 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams greige colors nearest to Sedate Gray (LRV 61) by LRV.
Lighter than Sedate Gray
Darker than Sedate Gray
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6169 |
| Hex | #D1CDBF |
| RGB | 209, 205, 191 |
| HSL | 47°, 16%, 78% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 61 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 82.4, -1.0, 7.5 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sedate Gray (SW 6169), published as #D1CDBF
#C0C3BD
#E3D7BF
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sedate Gray (SW 6169)?
- Sedate 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 Sedate Gray is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sedate Gray in another brand?
- Villa Grey (Valspar 6005-1B) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sedate Gray warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Sedate Gray as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.5; 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.