Free Spirit (SW 6973)
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Free Spirit (SW 6973) is a medium, cool purple from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 49, so it reflects about 49 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Free Spirit
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Free Spirit by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper purple, 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 Free Spirit, 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 | Wishing Well | 1389 | 51.4 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Pale Orchid | 660B-4 | 46.2 | 1.9 | very close |
| Valspar | Violet Sweet | 1003-6A | 44 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Windsor Purple | 1249-4 | 48 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams purple colors nearest to Free Spirit (LRV 49) by LRV.
Lighter than Free Spirit
Darker than Free Spirit
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6973 |
| Hex | #CAB2D2 |
| RGB | 202, 178, 210 |
| HSL | 285°, 26%, 76% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 49 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 75.5, 14.4, -13.0 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Purple |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Free Spirit (SW 6973), published as #CAB2D2
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Free Spirit (SW 6973)?
- Free Spirit has an LRV of 49. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Free Spirit is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Free Spirit in another brand?
- Windsor Purple (PPG 1249-4) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Free Spirit warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Free Spirit as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -13.0; 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.