Urbane Bronze (SW 7048)
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Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) is a very deep, warm brown from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 8, so it reflects about 8 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Urbane Bronze
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Urbane Bronze by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper brown, 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 Urbane Bronze, 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 | Dragon's Breath | 1547 | 9.2 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Black Bean | 790D-7 | 8.9 | 1.9 | very close |
| Valspar | Dark Oasis | 6011-4 | 8 | 1.9 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Licorice | 1009-7 | 8 | 3.4 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams brown colors nearest to Urbane Bronze (LRV 8) by LRV.
Lighter than Urbane Bronze
Darker than Urbane Bronze
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7048 |
| Hex | #54504A |
| RGB | 84, 80, 74 |
| HSL | 36°, 6%, 31% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 8 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 34.2, 0.4, 4.1 |
| Undertone | Warm Bronze |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Urbane Bronze (SW 7048), published as #54504A
#464748
#63594A
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Urbane Bronze (SW 7048)?
- Urbane Bronze has an LRV of 8. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Urbane Bronze is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Urbane Bronze in another brand?
- Dragon's Breath (BM 1547) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Urbane Bronze warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Urbane Bronze as warm, with a Warm Bronze undertone. Its Lab b* value is 4.1; 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.