Silent Ripple (SW 9682)

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Silent Ripple (SW 9682) is a light, neutral off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 74, so it reflects about 74 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Silent Ripple
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Silent Ripple 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 Silent Ripple, 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 | Silver Cloud | 2129-70 | 73.9 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Arctic Shadow | 570C-1 | 76.8 | 1.3 | very close |
| Valspar | Cool Mist | 4004-7A | 76 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Cityscape | 1161-1 | 76 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Silent Ripple (LRV 74) by LRV.
Lighter than Silent Ripple
Darker than Silent Ripple
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 9682 |
| Hex | #D7E1E5 |
| RGB | 215, 225, 229 |
| HSL | 197°, 21%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.9, -2.6, -3.1 |
| Undertone | Cool |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Silent Ripple (SW 9682), published as #D7E1E5
#C5D7E3
#EAEBE5
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Silent Ripple (SW 9682)?
- Silent Ripple has an LRV of 74. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Silent Ripple is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Silent Ripple in another brand?
- Cool Mist (Valspar 4004-7A) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Silent Ripple warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Silent Ripple as neutral, with a Cool undertone. Its Lab b* value is -3.1; 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.