Skyline Steel (SW 1015) vs Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Skyline Steel SW 1015 (simulated) — Skyline Steel SW 1015#C6BFB3, LRV 52

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: Agreeable Gray, LRV 60 vs 52.
Warmer: Skyline Steel, both greige (Lab b* 6.9 vs 5.7).
North rooms: Agreeable Gray keeps more brightness (L* 77.9 vs 73.6 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Futon SW 7101, #EDE6DB, LRV 80: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 3.1, noticeably different. At 3.1, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

Skyline SteelSherwin-Williams, SW 1015LRV 52, #C6BFB3

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

More comparisons with Agreeable Gray

Skyline Steel (SW 1015) is darker than Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) and slightly warmer: LRV 52 vs 60, deltaE 3.1 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Skyline Steel	Agreeable Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 1015	SW 7029
Hex	#C6BFB3	#D1CBC1
RGB	198, 191, 179	209, 203, 193
HSL	38°, 14%, 74%	37°, 15%, 79%
LRV (light reflectance value)	52	60	−8
Lab L*	77.6	81.9	−4.3
Lab a*	0.4	0.3	+0.0
Lab b*	6.9	5.7	+1.2
Undertone	Warm	Warm Beige
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Skyline Steel (SW 1015), published as #C6BFB3

North light (cool, indirect)
#B5B5B1

South light (warm, direct)
#D7C9B3

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 8 LRV points lighter (60 vs 52), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 5.7 against 6.9, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Skyline Steel (SW 1015) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 6.9), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Skyline Steel in other brands

Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Skyline Steel the same color as Agreeable Gray?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.1. Most people can see the difference between Skyline Steel and Agreeable Gray side by side.
Which is lighter, Skyline Steel or Agreeable Gray?: Agreeable Gray, with an LRV of 60 against 52.

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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: 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.