Soft Sage (SW 9647)
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Soft Sage (SW 9647) is a medium, warm green from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 50, so it reflects about 50 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Soft Sage
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Soft Sage by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, 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 Soft Sage, 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 | Horizon Gray | 2141-50 | 50.7 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Light Year | N370-3 | 51.6 | 1.5 | very close |
| Valspar | Sandy Sage | 5008-1C | 48 | 2.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Hurricane Haze | 1032-2 | 49 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams green colors nearest to Soft Sage (LRV 50) by LRV.
Lighter than Soft Sage
Darker than Soft Sage
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9647 |
| Hex | #BCBCAE |
| RGB | 188, 188, 174 |
| HSL | 60°, 9%, 71% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 50 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 75.9, -2.5, 7.1 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Soft Sage (SW 9647), published as #BCBCAE
#ABB2AC
#CDC6AE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Soft Sage (SW 9647)?
- Soft Sage has an LRV of 50. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Soft Sage is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Soft Sage in another brand?
- Hurricane Haze (PPG 1032-2) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 1.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Soft Sage warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Soft Sage as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.1; 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.