Escape Gray (SW 6185)
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Escape Gray (SW 6185) is a medium, warm green from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 41, so it reflects about 41 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Escape Gray
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Escape Gray by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, 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 Escape 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 | Fieldstone | 1558 | 42.7 | 1.7 | very close |
| Behr | Winter Rye | ECC-48-1 | 39.4 | 1.4 | very close |
| Valspar | Coastal Jetty | 5007-1C | 42 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Wandering Willow | 1031-3 | 38 | 2.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams green colors nearest to Escape Gray (LRV 41) by LRV.
Lighter than Escape Gray
Darker than Escape Gray
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6185 |
| Hex | #ABAC9F |
| RGB | 171, 172, 159 |
| HSL | 65°, 7%, 65% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 41 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 69.9, -2.7, 6.6 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Escape Gray (SW 6185), published as #ABAC9F
#9AA29D
#BCB69F
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Escape Gray (SW 6185)?
- Escape Gray has an LRV of 41. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Escape Gray is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Escape Gray in another brand?
- Winter Rye (Behr ECC-48-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.4 (very close).
- Is Escape Gray warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Escape Gray as warm, with a Neutral 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.