Hidden Trail (SW 9525)
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Hidden Trail (SW 9525) is a very deep, warm brown from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 10, so it reflects about 10 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Hidden Trail
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Hidden Trail by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper brown, 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 Hidden Trail, 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 | Aegean Olive | 1491 | 11.5 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Wild Rice | 780D-7 | 10.2 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Olive Smudge | 6001-2C | 12 | 2.2 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Moss Rock | 1032-7 | 10 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams brown colors nearest to Hidden Trail (LRV 10) by LRV.
Lighter than Hidden Trail
Darker than Hidden Trail
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9525 |
| Hex | #5F5B4D |
| RGB | 95, 91, 77 |
| HSL | 47°, 10%, 34% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 10 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 38.6, -1.1, 8.7 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Hidden Trail (SW 9525), published as #5F5B4D
#51524C
#6E644D
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Hidden Trail (SW 9525)?
- Hidden Trail has an LRV of 10. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Hidden Trail is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Hidden Trail in another brand?
- Wild Rice (Behr 780D-7) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Hidden Trail warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Hidden Trail as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.7; 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.