Beguiling Mauve (SW 6269)
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Beguiling Mauve (SW 6269) is a medium, neutral gray from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 40, so it reflects about 40 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Beguiling Mauve
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Beguiling Mauve by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper gray, 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 Beguiling Mauve, 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 | Pebble Creek | 1453 | 40.3 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Silverberry | 670F-4 | 43.3 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Twilight Mauve | 1001-8A | 44 | 3.6 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Silver Service | 1004-4 | 41 | 2.7 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams gray colors nearest to Beguiling Mauve (LRV 40) by LRV.
Lighter than Beguiling Mauve
Darker than Beguiling Mauve
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6269 |
| Hex | #AFA7AC |
| RGB | 175, 167, 172 |
| HSL | 322°, 5%, 67% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 40 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 69.3, 3.8, -1.5 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Beguiling Mauve (SW 6269), published as #AFA7AC
#9E9DAA
#C0B1AC
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Beguiling Mauve (SW 6269)?
- Beguiling Mauve has an LRV of 40. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Beguiling Mauve is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Beguiling Mauve in another brand?
- Pebble Creek (BM 1453) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Beguiling Mauve warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Beguiling Mauve as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is -1.5; 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.