Evening Shadow (SW 7662)
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Evening Shadow (SW 7662) is a light, neutral gray from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 60, so it reflects about 60 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Evening Shadow
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Evening Shadow by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper gray, 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 Evening Shadow, 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 | Sidewalk Gray | 2133-60 | 61.2 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Hush | PPU26-16 | 61.3 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Gravity | 4005-1B | 58 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Elemental | 1011-2 | 65 | 1.8 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams gray colors nearest to Evening Shadow (LRV 60) by LRV.
Lighter than Evening Shadow
Darker than Evening Shadow
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7662 |
| Hex | #C9CCCD |
| RGB | 201, 204, 205 |
| HSL | 195°, 4%, 80% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 60 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 81.8, -0.8, -0.9 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Evening Shadow (SW 7662), published as #C9CCCD
#B7C2CB
#DBD6CD
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Evening Shadow (SW 7662)?
- Evening Shadow has an LRV of 60. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Evening Shadow is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Evening Shadow in another brand?
- Hush (Behr PPU26-16) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Evening Shadow warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Evening Shadow as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is -0.9; 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.