Oyster White (SW 7637)
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Oyster White (SW 7637) is a light, warm off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 72, so it reflects about 72 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Oyster White
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Oyster White 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 Oyster 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 | Olympic Mountains | 971 | 70.2 | 0.0 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Light Granite | N340-1 | 72.4 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Gracious | 6007-1A | 72 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Southern Breeze | 1097-2 | 74 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Oyster White (LRV 72) by LRV.
Lighter than Oyster White
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7637 |
| Hex | #E2DDD0 |
| RGB | 226, 221, 208 |
| HSL | 43°, 24%, 85% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 72 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.2, -0.5, 7.0 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Oyster White (SW 7637), published as #E2DDD0
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#F4E7D0
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Oyster White (SW 7637)?
- Oyster White has an LRV of 72. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Oyster White is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Oyster White in another brand?
- Olympic Mountains (BM 971) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Oyster White warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Oyster White as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.0; 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.