Mountain Air (SW 6224)
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Mountain Air (SW 6224) is a light, neutral off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 73, so it reflects about 73 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Mountain Air
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Mountain Air 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 Mountain Air, 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 | Lookout Point | 1646 | 74.1 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | River Veil | MQ3-50 | 73.3 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Emerald Ice | 7004-7 | 73 | 0.0 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Inverness Gray | 1012-2 | 76 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Mountain Air (LRV 73) by LRV.
Lighter than Mountain Air
Darker than Mountain Air
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6224 |
| Hex | #D8E0DF |
| RGB | 216, 224, 223 |
| HSL | 173°, 11%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 73 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.6, -2.9, -0.4 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Mountain Air (SW 6224), published as #D8E0DF
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#EBEADF
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Mountain Air (SW 6224)?
- Mountain Air has an LRV of 73. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Mountain Air is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Mountain Air in another brand?
- Emerald Ice (Valspar 7004-7) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Mountain Air warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Mountain Air as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is -0.4; 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.