Sunbleached (SW 9585)
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Sunbleached (SW 9585) is a light, warm off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 75, so it reflects about 75 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sunbleached
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Sunbleached 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 Sunbleached, 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 | Grandma's China | CSP-365 | 72.5 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Spun Wool | N220-1 | 73.3 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Oyster Pearl | 7002-2 | 73 | 1.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Paraffin | 14-31 | 75 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Sunbleached (LRV 75) by LRV.
Lighter than Sunbleached
Darker than Sunbleached
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9585 |
| Hex | #E5E0D7 |
| RGB | 229, 224, 215 |
| HSL | 39°, 21%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 75 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.3, 0.1, 5.0 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sunbleached (SW 9585), published as #E5E0D7
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#F7EAD7
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sunbleached (SW 9585)?
- Sunbleached has an LRV of 75. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sunbleached is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sunbleached in another brand?
- Paraffin (PPG 14-31) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sunbleached warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Sunbleached as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.0; 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.