White Heron (SW 7627)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
White Heron (SW 7627) is a light, warm off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 76, so it reflects about 76 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with White Heron
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for White Heron by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, 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 White Heron, 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 | Etiquette | AF-50 | 74 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Shoelace | OR-W13 | 78 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Totten's Inlet | 7006-9 | 76 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Indian Muslin | 1075-2 | 77 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to White Heron (LRV 76) by LRV.
Lighter than White Heron
Darker than White Heron
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7627 |
| Hex | #E7E1D7 |
| RGB | 231, 225, 215 |
| HSL | 37°, 25%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 76 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.7, 0.3, 5.6 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
White Heron (SW 7627), published as #E7E1D7
#D5D7D5
#F9EBD7
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Sherwin-Williams
More from Sherwin-Williams
Common questions
- What is the LRV of White Heron (SW 7627)?
- White Heron has an LRV of 76. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so White Heron is a light color.
- What is the closest match to White Heron in another brand?
- Indian Muslin (PPG 1075-2) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is White Heron warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists White Heron as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.6; 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.