Rarified Air (SW 6525)
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Rarified Air (SW 6525) is a light, neutral off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 78, so it reflects about 78 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Rarified Air
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Rarified 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 Rarified 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 | Fanfare | 874 | 77.8 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Ice Sculpture | BL-W02 | 78.3 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Halcyon Blue | 5001-3A | 77 | 1.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Evening Mist | 1038-1 | 80 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Rarified Air (LRV 78) by LRV.
Lighter than Rarified Air
Darker than Rarified Air
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6525 |
| Hex | #E1E6E6 |
| RGB | 225, 230, 230 |
| HSL | 180°, 9%, 89% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 78 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 90.9, -1.7, -0.6 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Rarified Air (SW 6525), published as #E1E6E6
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Rarified Air (SW 6525)?
- Rarified Air has an LRV of 78. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Rarified Air is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Rarified Air in another brand?
- Fanfare (BM 874) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Rarified Air warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Rarified Air as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is -0.6; 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.