Realist Beige (SW 6078) vs Accessible Beige (SW 7036)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Realist Beige, LRV 59 vs 58.
- Warmer
- Accessible Beige, both greige (Lab b* 8.8 vs 6.9).
- North rooms
- About the same: both keep their brightness and color about equally (L* 77.2 vs 76.7 in north light).
- Trim that works
- Cotton White SW 7104, #F7EFE3, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 2.1, very close. At 2.1, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.
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Accessible Beige
More comparisons with Accessible Beige
Realist Beige (SW 6078) is about as light as Accessible Beige (SW 7036) and slightly cooler: LRV 59 vs 58, deltaE 2.1 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Realist Beige | Accessible Beige | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 6078 | SW 7036 | |
| Hex | #D3C8BD | #D1C7B8 | |
| RGB | 211, 200, 189 | 209, 199, 184 | |
| HSL | 30°, 20%, 78% | 36°, 21%, 77% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 59 | 58 | +1 |
| Lab L* | 81.2 | 80.7 | +0.5 |
| Lab a* | 2.0 | 0.9 | +1.0 |
| Lab b* | 6.9 | 8.8 | −1.9 |
| Undertone | Warm | Warm Sandy | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Greige | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Realist Beige (SW 6078), published as #D3C8BD
#C2BEBB
#E5D2BD
Accessible Beige (SW 7036), published as #D1C7B8
#C0BDB6
#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 Realist Beige (SW 6078) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1 LRV points lighter (59 vs 58), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Realist Beige (SW 6078) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 6.9 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
Closest matches to Realist Beige in other brands
Closest matches to Accessible Beige in other brands
Common questions
- Is Realist Beige the same color as Accessible Beige?
- They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.1. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Realist Beige and Accessible Beige.
- Which is lighter, Realist Beige or Accessible Beige?
- Realist Beige, with an LRV of 59 against 58.
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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.