City Loft (SW 7631)
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City Loft (SW 7631) is a light, warm greige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 70, so it reflects about 70 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with City Loft
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for City Loft 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 City Loft, 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 | Athena | 858 | 68.6 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Empire Porcelain | T13-2 | 71.2 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Oyster Pearl | 7002-2 | 73 | 1.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Silent Smoke | 1025-2 | 68 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams greige colors nearest to City Loft (LRV 70) by LRV.
Lighter than City Loft
Darker than City Loft
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7631 |
| Hex | #DFDAD1 |
| RGB | 223, 218, 209 |
| HSL | 39°, 18%, 85% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 70 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 87.2, 0.1, 5.0 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
City Loft (SW 7631), published as #DFDAD1
#CED0CF
#F1E4D1
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of City Loft (SW 7631)?
- City Loft has an LRV of 70. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so City Loft is a light color.
- What is the closest match to City Loft in another brand?
- Empire Porcelain (Behr T13-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is City Loft warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists City Loft as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.0; 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.