Dove (Behr HDC-MD-21) vs Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)

Living room with walls painted Behr Dove HDC-MD-21 (simulated) — Dove Behr HDC-MD-21#D9D4CB, LRV 66.2 (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: Dove, LRV 66.2 vs 60.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 5.1 vs 5.7).
North rooms: Dove keeps more brightness (L* 81.1 vs 77.9 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Glamorous White Behr PWN-52, #F0EAE0, LRV 82.8 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 2.2, very close. At 2.2, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

DoveBehr HDC-MD-21LRV 66.2 (estimated), #D9D4CB

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

More comparisons with Agreeable Gray

Dove (Behr HDC-MD-21) is lighter than Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) and about as warm: LRV 66.2 vs 60, deltaE 2.2 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Dove	Agreeable Gray	Gap
Brand	Behr	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	HDC-MD-21	SW 7029
Hex	#D9D4CB	#D1CBC1
RGB	217, 212, 203	209, 203, 193
HSL	39°, 16%, 82%	37°, 15%, 79%
LRV (light reflectance value)	66.2 (est.)	60	+6.2
Lab L*	85.1	81.9	+3.2
Lab a*	0.1	0.3	−0.2
Lab b*	5.1	5.7	−0.7
Undertone	Warm	Warm Beige
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Dove (Behr HDC-MD-21), published as #D9D4CB

North light (cool, indirect)
#C8CAC9

South light (warm, direct)
#EBDECB

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 Dove (Behr HDC-MD-21) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 6.2 LRV points lighter (66.2 vs 60), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Dove in other brands

Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Dove the same color as Agreeable Gray?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.2. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Dove and Agreeable Gray.
Which is lighter, Dove or Agreeable Gray?: Dove, with an LRV of 66.2 against 60.

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

Sources: Dove: 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.