Mindful Gray (SW 7016)
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Mindful Gray (SW 7016) is a medium, warm greige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 48, so it reflects about 48 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Mindful Gray
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Mindful Gray by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper greige, 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 Mindful Gray, 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 | Thunder | AF-685 | 48 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Glasgow Fog | HDC-NT-06G | 48.2 | 0.3 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Frappé | 6003-1B | 49 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Ghost Writer | 1007-3 | 48 | 0.0 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams greige colors nearest to Mindful Gray (LRV 48) by LRV.
Lighter than Mindful Gray
Darker than Mindful Gray
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7016 |
| Hex | #BCB7AD |
| RGB | 188, 183, 173 |
| HSL | 40°, 10%, 71% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 48 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 74.6, 0.0, 5.7 |
| Undertone | Warm Greige |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Mindful Gray (SW 7016), published as #BCB7AD
#ABADAB
#CDC1AD
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Mindful Gray (SW 7016)?
- Mindful Gray has an LRV of 48. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Mindful Gray is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Mindful Gray in another brand?
- Ghost Writer (PPG 1007-3) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Mindful Gray warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Mindful Gray as warm, with a Warm Greige undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.7; 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.