Fragile Beauty (SW 7553)
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Fragile Beauty (SW 7553) is a light, warm beige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 70, so it reflects about 70 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Fragile Beauty
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Fragile Beauty by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 Fragile Beauty, 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 | Dusty Trail | 1157 | 68.8 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Siesta Tan | ECC-59-2 | 70.6 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Cake Batter | 2007-8C | 74 | 1.4 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Sandpiper | 1077-2 | 72 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams beige colors nearest to Fragile Beauty (LRV 70) by LRV.
Lighter than Fragile Beauty
Darker than Fragile Beauty
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7553 |
| Hex | #E7D7C6 |
| RGB | 231, 215, 198 |
| HSL | 31°, 41%, 84% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 70 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 86.8, 2.7, 10.4 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Fragile Beauty (SW 7553), published as #E7D7C6
#D6CDC4
#F9E1C6
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Fragile Beauty (SW 7553)?
- Fragile Beauty has an LRV of 70. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Fragile Beauty is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Fragile Beauty in another brand?
- Dusty Trail (BM 1157) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Fragile Beauty warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Fragile Beauty as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 10.4; 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.