Perfect Greige (SW 6073) vs Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Perfect Greige SW 6073 (simulated) — Perfect Greige SW 6073#B7AB9F, LRV 42

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 42.
Warmer: Perfect Greige, both greige (Lab b* 7.7 vs 5.7).
North rooms: Agreeable Gray keeps more brightness (L* 77.9 vs 66.6 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 8.6, clearly different. At 8.6, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Perfect GreigeSherwin-Williams, SW 6073LRV 42, #B7AB9F

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

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Perfect Greige (SW 6073) is much darker than Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) and slightly warmer: LRV 42 vs 60, deltaE 8.6 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Perfect Greige	Agreeable Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6073	SW 7029
Hex	#B7AB9F	#D1CBC1
RGB	183, 171, 159	209, 203, 193
HSL	30°, 14%, 67%	37°, 15%, 79%
LRV (light reflectance value)	42	60	−18
Lab L*	70.7	81.9	−11.2
Lab a*	2.2	0.3	+1.9
Lab b*	7.7	5.7	+2.0
Undertone	Warm	Warm Beige
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Perfect Greige (SW 6073), published as #B7AB9F

North light (cool, indirect)
#A7A19D

South light (warm, direct)
#C8B59F

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 18 LRV points lighter (60 vs 42), 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 7.7, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Perfect Greige (SW 6073) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.7), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Perfect Greige in other brands

Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Perfect Greige the same color as Agreeable Gray?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 8.6. Perfect Greige and Agreeable Gray are different colors.
Which is lighter, Perfect Greige or Agreeable Gray?: Agreeable Gray, with an LRV of 60 against 42.

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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.