Grey Mist (SW 9625)
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Grey Mist (SW 9625) 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 Grey Mist
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Grey Mist 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 Grey Mist, 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 | Seapearl | 961 | 76.4 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Soft Focus | T18-09 | 74.6 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Asiago | 6005-1A | 74 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Oatmeal | 1023-1 | 77 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Grey Mist (LRV 75) by LRV.
Lighter than Grey Mist
Darker than Grey Mist
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9625 |
| Hex | #E4E1D6 |
| RGB | 228, 225, 214 |
| HSL | 47°, 21%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 75 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.5, -0.9, 5.7 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Grey Mist (SW 9625), published as #E4E1D6
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Grey Mist (SW 9625)?
- Grey Mist has an LRV of 75. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Grey Mist is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Grey Mist in another brand?
- Soft Focus (Behr T18-09) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Grey Mist warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Grey Mist as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.7; 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.