Pine Frost (SW 9656)
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Pine Frost (SW 9656) is a light, neutral gray from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 65, so it reflects about 65 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Pine Frost
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Pine Frost 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 Pine Frost, 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 | Night Mist | 1569 | 63.1 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Brook Green | N410-2 | 68 | 1.1 | very close |
| Valspar | Ante Meridian | 5005-1B | 68 | 1.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Bay Of Fundy | 10-07 | 63 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams gray colors nearest to Pine Frost (LRV 65) by LRV.
Lighter than Pine Frost
Darker than Pine Frost
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9656 |
| Hex | #D0D5CB |
| RGB | 208, 213, 203 |
| HSL | 90°, 11%, 82% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 65 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 84.6, -3.5, 4.3 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Pine Frost (SW 9656), published as #D0D5CB
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#E2DFCB
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Pine Frost (SW 9656)?
- Pine Frost has an LRV of 65. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Pine Frost is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Pine Frost in another brand?
- Night Mist (BM 1569) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Pine Frost warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Pine Frost as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 4.3; 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.