Tranquil Gray (Behr DC-007) vs Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)

Living room with walls painted Behr Tranquil Gray DC-007 (simulated) — Tranquil Gray Behr DC-007#D0CBC0, LRV 59.9 (estimated)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Agreeable Gray SW 7029 (simulated) — Agreeable Gray SW 7029#D1CBC1, LRV 60

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: About the same: LRV 59.9 vs 60.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 6.1 vs 5.7).
North rooms: About the same: both keep their brightness and color about equally (L* 77.9 vs 77.8 in north light).
Trim that works: White Truffle Behr 720C-1, #EFE9DE, LRV 81.9 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 0.8, indistinguishable. At 0.8, pick on price, finish or availability.

See each color

Tranquil GrayBehr DC-007LRV 59.9 (estimated), #D0CBC0

Agreeable GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7029LRV 60, #D1CBC1

More comparisons with Agreeable Gray

Tranquil Gray (Behr DC-007) is about as light as Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) and about as warm: LRV 59.9 vs 60, deltaE 0.8 (indistinguishable).

Side by side

Measure	Tranquil Gray	Agreeable Gray	Gap
Brand	Behr	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	DC-007	SW 7029
Hex	#D0CBC0	#D1CBC1
RGB	208, 203, 192	209, 203, 193
HSL	41°, 15%, 78%	37°, 15%, 79%
LRV (light reflectance value)	59.9 (est.)	60	−0.1
Lab L*	81.8	81.9	−0.1
Lab a*	-0.2	0.3	−0.5
Lab b*	6.1	5.7	+0.4
Undertone	Neutral	Warm Beige
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Tranquil Gray (Behr DC-007), published as #D0CBC0

North light (cool, indirect)
#BFC1BE

South light (warm, direct)
#E2D5C0

Agreeable Gray (SW 7029), published as #D1CBC1

North light (cool, indirect)
#C0C1BF

South light (warm, direct)
#E3D5C1

These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works

Which should you pick

Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.

Pick Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0.1 LRV points lighter (60 vs 59.9), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Tranquil Gray in other brands

Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Tranquil Gray the same color as Agreeable Gray?: They are indistinguishable: a CIEDE2000 difference of 0.8. Most people cannot tell Tranquil Gray and Agreeable Gray apart.
Which is lighter, Tranquil Gray or Agreeable Gray?: Agreeable Gray, with an LRV of 60 against 59.9.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

Sources: Tranquil Gray: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value; Agreeable Gray: 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.