Tea Leaf (SW 9604)
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Tea Leaf (SW 9604) is a very deep, warm brown from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 9, so it reflects about 9 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Tea Leaf
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Tea Leaf 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 Tea Leaf, 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 | Clinton Brown | HC-67 | 9.9 | 1.6 | very close |
| Behr | Pine Cone | UL170-1 | 9.3 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Swiss Chocolate | 3010-10 | 9 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Pumpernickel | 15-22 | 9 | 1.6 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams brown colors nearest to Tea Leaf (LRV 9) by LRV.
Lighter than Tea Leaf
Darker than Tea Leaf
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9604 |
| Hex | #625346 |
| RGB | 98, 83, 70 |
| HSL | 28°, 17%, 33% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 36.4, 3.9, 9.9 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Tea Leaf (SW 9604), published as #625346
#544A45
#705C46
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Tea Leaf (SW 9604)?
- Tea Leaf has an LRV of 9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Tea Leaf is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Tea Leaf in another brand?
- Pine Cone (Behr UL170-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Tea Leaf warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Tea Leaf as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 9.9; 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.