Skipping Rocks (SW 9551)
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Skipping Rocks (SW 9551) is a light, neutral gray from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 63, so it reflects about 63 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Skipping Rocks
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Skipping Rocks 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 Skipping Rocks, 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 | Barren Plain | 2111-60 | 62.1 | 1.0 | very close |
| Behr | Polar Fox | HDC-NT-17G | 63 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Tempered Gray | 4004-1A | 66 | 1.6 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Cool Slate | 1002-3 | 61 | 1.8 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams gray colors nearest to Skipping Rocks (LRV 63) by LRV.
Lighter than Skipping Rocks
Darker than Skipping Rocks
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9551 |
| Hex | #D1D0C9 |
| RGB | 209, 208, 201 |
| HSL | 53°, 8%, 80% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 63 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 83.4, -0.9, 3.6 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Skipping Rocks (SW 9551), published as #D1D0C9
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#E3DAC9
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Skipping Rocks (SW 9551)?
- Skipping Rocks has an LRV of 63. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Skipping Rocks is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Skipping Rocks in another brand?
- Polar Fox (Behr HDC-NT-17G) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Skipping Rocks warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Skipping Rocks as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 3.6; 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.