Adaptive Shade (SW 7053)
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Adaptive Shade (SW 7053) is a deep, warm beige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 21, so it reflects about 21 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Adaptive Shade
Three Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Adaptive Shade by this site's color math: a trim white, 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 Adaptive Shade, 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 | Randolph Stone | CW-75 | 22.2 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Smoky Trout | MQ2-53 | 20.9 | 1.5 | very close |
| Valspar | Seine | 6005-2B | 22 | 2.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Dark Ash | 1025-5 | 23 | 2.3 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams beige colors nearest to Adaptive Shade (LRV 21) by LRV.
Lighter than Adaptive Shade
Darker than Adaptive Shade
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7053 |
| Hex | #867E70 |
| RGB | 134, 126, 112 |
| HSL | 38°, 9%, 48% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 21 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 53.1, 0.5, 8.7 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Adaptive Shade (SW 7053), published as #867E70
#77756E
#968770
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Adaptive Shade (SW 7053)?
- Adaptive Shade has an LRV of 21. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Adaptive Shade is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Adaptive Shade in another brand?
- Randolph Stone (BM CW-75) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Adaptive Shade warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Adaptive Shade as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.7; 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.