Techno Gray (SW 6170)
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Techno Gray (SW 6170) is a medium, warm greige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 49, so it reflects about 49 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Techno Gray
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Techno 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 Techno 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 | Cosmopolitan | CSP-100 | 46.5 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Sierra Madre | ECC-46-1 | 50.5 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Sandy Sage | 5008-1C | 48 | 1.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Hurricane Haze | 1032-2 | 49 | 2.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams greige colors nearest to Techno Gray (LRV 49) by LRV.
Lighter than Techno Gray
Darker than Techno Gray
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6170 |
| Hex | #BFB9AA |
| RGB | 191, 185, 170 |
| HSL | 43°, 14%, 71% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 49 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 75.3, -0.5, 8.4 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Techno Gray (SW 6170), published as #BFB9AA
#AEAFA8
#D0C3AA
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Techno Gray (SW 6170)?
- Techno Gray has an LRV of 49. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Techno Gray is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Techno Gray in another brand?
- Sierra Madre (Behr ECC-46-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Techno Gray warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Techno Gray as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.4; 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.