Windfresh White (SW 7628)
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Windfresh White (SW 7628) is a light, warm greige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 69, so it reflects about 69 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Windfresh White
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Windfresh White 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 Windfresh White, 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 | Balboa Mist | 1549 | 65.5 | 1.4 | very close |
| Behr | Taupe Tease | N210-1 | 70 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Vanilla Steam | 2006-10C | 71 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Silent Smoke | 1025-2 | 68 | 1.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams greige colors nearest to Windfresh White (LRV 69) by LRV.
Lighter than Windfresh White
Darker than Windfresh White
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7628 |
| Hex | #DED8CF |
| RGB | 222, 216, 207 |
| HSL | 36°, 19%, 84% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 69 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 86.6, 0.5, 5.2 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Windfresh White (SW 7628), published as #DED8CF
#CDCECD
#F0E2CF
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Windfresh White (SW 7628)?
- Windfresh White has an LRV of 69. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Windfresh White is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Windfresh White in another brand?
- Taupe Tease (Behr N210-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Windfresh White warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Windfresh White as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.2; 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.