Perfect Greige (SW 6073) vs Accessible Beige (SW 7036)

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 Accessible Beige SW 7036 (simulated) — Accessible Beige SW 7036#D1C7B8, LRV 58

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Accessible Beige, LRV 58 vs 42.
Warmer: Accessible Beige, both greige (Lab b* 8.8 vs 7.7).
North rooms: Accessible Beige keeps more brightness (L* 76.7 vs 66.6 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Panda White SW 6147, #EAE2D4, LRV 77: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 7.5, clearly different. At 7.5, treat them as different colors.

See each color

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

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Accessible BeigeSherwin-Williams, SW 7036LRV 58, #D1C7B8

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Perfect Greige (SW 6073) is much darker than Accessible Beige (SW 7036) and slightly cooler: LRV 42 vs 58, deltaE 7.5 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Perfect Greige	Accessible Beige	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6073	SW 7036
Hex	#B7AB9F	#D1C7B8
RGB	183, 171, 159	209, 199, 184
HSL	30°, 14%, 67%	36°, 21%, 77%
LRV (light reflectance value)	42	58	−16
Lab L*	70.7	80.7	−10.0
Lab a*	2.2	0.9	+1.3
Lab b*	7.7	8.8	−1.0
Undertone	Warm	Warm Sandy
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Beige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Perfect Greige (SW 6073), published as #B7AB9F

North light (cool, indirect)
#A7A19D

South light (warm, direct)
#C8B59F

Accessible Beige (SW 7036), published as #D1C7B8

North light (cool, indirect)
#C0BDB6

South light (warm, direct)
#E2D1B8

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 Accessible Beige (SW 7036) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 16 LRV points lighter (58 vs 42), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Perfect Greige (SW 6073) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 7.7 against 8.8, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Accessible Beige (SW 7036) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 8.8), which counters cool indirect light

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Closest matches to Accessible Beige in other brands

Common questions

Is Perfect Greige the same color as Accessible Beige?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 7.5. Perfect Greige and Accessible Beige are different colors.
Which is lighter, Perfect Greige or Accessible Beige?: Accessible Beige, with an LRV of 58 against 42.

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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.