Winter Walk (SW 9628)
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Winter Walk (SW 9628) is a light, neutral gray from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 66, so it reflects about 66 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Winter Walk
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Winter Walk 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 Winter Walk, 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 | Balboa Mist | 1549 | 65.5 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Soft Secret | PPU25-10 | 65.6 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Madison White | 5008-1A | 69 | 1.5 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Silent Smoke | 1025-2 | 68 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams gray colors nearest to Winter Walk (LRV 66) by LRV.
Lighter than Winter Walk
Darker than Winter Walk
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9628 |
| Hex | #D8D5CC |
| RGB | 216, 213, 204 |
| HSL | 45°, 13%, 82% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 66 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 85.3, -0.5, 4.8 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Winter Walk (SW 9628), published as #D8D5CC
#C7CBCA
#EADFCC
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Winter Walk (SW 9628)?
- Winter Walk has an LRV of 66. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Winter Walk is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Winter Walk in another brand?
- Balboa Mist (BM 1549) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Winter Walk warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Winter Walk as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 4.8; 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.