Barely Pear (SW 9666)
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Barely Pear (SW 9666) is a very light, warm off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 83, so it reflects about 83 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Barely Pear
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Barely Pear 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 Barely Pear, 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 | Ancient Ivory | 935 | 80.5 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Swiss Cream | HDC-CT-27 | 81.7 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Pontoon White | 7006-13 | 83 | 0.0 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Cake Batter | 1214-1 | 84 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Barely Pear (LRV 83) by LRV.
Lighter than Barely Pear
Darker than Barely Pear
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9666 |
| Hex | #EDEBDB |
| RGB | 237, 235, 219 |
| HSL | 53°, 33%, 89% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 83 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 92.8, -2.1, 8.0 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Barely Pear (SW 9666), published as #EDEBDB
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Barely Pear (SW 9666)?
- Barely Pear has an LRV of 83. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Barely Pear is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Barely Pear in another brand?
- Pontoon White (Valspar 7006-13) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Barely Pear warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Barely Pear as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.0; 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.