Sanctuary (SW 9583)
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Sanctuary (SW 9583) is a light, neutral off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 76, so it reflects about 76 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sanctuary
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Sanctuary 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 Sanctuary, 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 | Classic Gray | OC-23 | 73.7 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Painter's White | PPU18-8 | 76.1 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Wispy White | 7006-1 | 76 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Paraffin | 14-31 | 75 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Sanctuary (LRV 76) by LRV.
Lighter than Sanctuary
Darker than Sanctuary
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9583 |
| Hex | #E6E2D9 |
| RGB | 230, 226, 217 |
| HSL | 42°, 21%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 76 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 90.0, -0.2, 4.9 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sanctuary (SW 9583), published as #E6E2D9
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sanctuary (SW 9583)?
- Sanctuary has an LRV of 76. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sanctuary is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sanctuary in another brand?
- Paraffin (PPG 14-31) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sanctuary warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Sanctuary as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 4.9; 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.