Snowdrop (SW 6511)
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Snowdrop (SW 6511) is a very light, neutral off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 80, so it reflects about 80 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Snowdrop
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Snowdrop 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 Snowdrop, 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.
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Snowdrop (LRV 80) by LRV.
Lighter than Snowdrop
Darker than Snowdrop
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6511 |
| Hex | #E0E8E7 |
| RGB | 224, 232, 231 |
| HSL | 173°, 15%, 89% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 80 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.4, -2.8, -0.4 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Snowdrop (SW 6511), published as #E0E8E7
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Snowdrop (SW 6511)?
- Snowdrop has an LRV of 80. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Snowdrop is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Snowdrop in another brand?
- Artemesia (PPG 1153-2) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Snowdrop warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Snowdrop 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.