Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)
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Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) is a light, warm greige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 60, so it reflects about 60 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Agreeable Gray
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Agreeable 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 Agreeable 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 | Collingwood | 859 | 61.5 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Cotton Grey | HDC-NT-20 | 60.7 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Villa Grey | 6005-1B | 61 | 1.6 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Whiskers | 1025-3 | 61 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams greige colors nearest to Agreeable Gray (LRV 60) by LRV.
Lighter than Agreeable Gray
Darker than Agreeable Gray
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7029 |
| Hex | #D1CBC1 |
| RGB | 209, 203, 193 |
| HSL | 37°, 15%, 79% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 60 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 81.9, 0.3, 5.7 |
| Undertone | Warm Beige |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Agreeable Gray (SW 7029), published as #D1CBC1
#C0C1BF
#E3D5C1
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)?
- Agreeable Gray has an LRV of 60. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Agreeable Gray is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Agreeable Gray in another brand?
- Whiskers (PPG 1025-3) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Agreeable Gray warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Agreeable Gray as warm, with a Warm Beige 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.