Vintage Vessel (SW 9050)
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Vintage Vessel (SW 9050) is a medium, neutral green from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 41, so it reflects about 41 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Vintage Vessel
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Vintage Vessel by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, 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 Vintage Vessel, 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 | Covington Blue | HC-138 | 43.2 | 1.8 | very close |
| Behr | Nile River | S420-3 | 43.2 | 1.4 | very close |
| Valspar | Valley Haze | 5004-5C | 43 | 2.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Parakeet Pete | 1143-4 | 41 | 1.7 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams green colors nearest to Vintage Vessel (LRV 41) by LRV.
Lighter than Vintage Vessel
Darker than Vintage Vessel
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9050 |
| Hex | #94B2A6 |
| RGB | 148, 178, 166 |
| HSL | 156°, 16%, 64% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 41 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 70.1, -12.7, 2.7 |
| Undertone | Cool Green |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Vintage Vessel (SW 9050), published as #94B2A6
#82A8A4
#A6BCA6
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Vintage Vessel (SW 9050)?
- Vintage Vessel has an LRV of 41. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Vintage Vessel is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Vintage Vessel in another brand?
- Nile River (Behr S420-3) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.4 (very close).
- Is Vintage Vessel warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Vintage Vessel as neutral, with a Cool Green undertone. Its Lab b* value is 2.7; 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.