Perfect Greige (SW 6073) vs Mega Greige (SW 7031)

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 Mega Greige SW 7031 (simulated) — Mega Greige SW 7031#ADA295, LRV 37

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Perfect Greige, LRV 42 vs 37.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 7.7 vs 8.2).
North rooms: Perfect Greige keeps more brightness (L* 66.6 vs 63.1 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Cotton White SW 7104, #F7EFE3, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 2.8, noticeably different. At 2.8, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

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

More comparisons with Perfect Greige

Mega GreigeSherwin-Williams, SW 7031LRV 37, #ADA295

Perfect Greige (SW 6073) is lighter than Mega Greige (SW 7031) and about as warm: LRV 42 vs 37, deltaE 2.8 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Perfect Greige	Mega Greige	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6073	SW 7031
Hex	#B7AB9F	#ADA295
RGB	183, 171, 159	173, 162, 149
HSL	30°, 14%, 67%	32°, 13%, 63%
LRV (light reflectance value)	42	37	+5
Lab L*	70.7	67.2	+3.5
Lab a*	2.2	1.7	+0.5
Lab b*	7.7	8.2	−0.5
Undertone	Warm	Warm
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

Mega Greige (SW 7031), published as #ADA295

North light (cool, indirect)
#9D9893

South light (warm, direct)
#BEAC95

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 Perfect Greige (SW 6073) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 5 LRV points lighter (42 vs 37), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Perfect Greige in other brands

Closest matches to Mega Greige in other brands

Common questions

Is Perfect Greige the same color as Mega Greige?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.8. Most people can see the difference between Perfect Greige and Mega Greige side by side.
Which is lighter, Perfect Greige or Mega Greige?: Perfect Greige, with an LRV of 42 against 37.

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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.