Versatile Gray (SW 6072) vs Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Versatile Gray SW 6072 (simulated) — Versatile Gray SW 6072#C1B6AB, LRV 48

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 48.
Warmer: Versatile Gray, both greige (Lab b* 7.0 vs 5.7).
North rooms: Agreeable Gray keeps more brightness (L* 77.9 vs 70.6 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Downy SW 7002, #EFE8DD, LRV 81: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 5.7, clearly different. At 5.7, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Versatile GraySherwin-Williams, SW 6072LRV 48, #C1B6AB

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

More comparisons with Agreeable Gray

Versatile Gray (SW 6072) is darker than Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) and slightly warmer: LRV 48 vs 60, deltaE 5.7 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Versatile Gray	Agreeable Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6072	SW 7029
Hex	#C1B6AB	#D1CBC1
RGB	193, 182, 171	209, 203, 193
HSL	30°, 15%, 71%	37°, 15%, 79%
LRV (light reflectance value)	48	60	−12
Lab L*	74.7	81.9	−7.2
Lab a*	2.0	0.3	+1.7
Lab b*	7.0	5.7	+1.3
Undertone	Warm	Warm Beige
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Versatile Gray (SW 6072), published as #C1B6AB

North light (cool, indirect)
#B0ACA9

South light (warm, direct)
#D2C0AB

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 12 LRV points lighter (60 vs 48), 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 7.0, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Versatile Gray (SW 6072) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.0), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Versatile Gray in other brands

Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Versatile Gray the same color as Agreeable Gray?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 5.7. Versatile Gray and Agreeable Gray are different colors.
Which is lighter, Versatile Gray or Agreeable Gray?: Agreeable Gray, with an LRV of 60 against 48.

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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.