Navajo White (SW 6126) vs Alabaster (SW 7008)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Navajo White SW 6126 (simulated) — Navajo White SW 6126#E9DCC6, LRV 72

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Alabaster SW 7008 (simulated) — Alabaster SW 7008#EDEAE0, LRV 82

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Alabaster, LRV 82 vs 72.
Warmer: Navajo White (Lab b* 12.4 vs 5.2). Navajo White reads yellow; Alabaster reads warm white.
North rooms: Alabaster: keeps more brightness (L* 88.8 vs 84.3 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.2 vs 4.8).
Trim that works: Cotton SW 9581, #EEEBE1, LRV 83: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 6.2, clearly different. At 6.2, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Navajo WhiteSherwin-Williams, SW 6126LRV 72, #E9DCC6

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AlabasterSherwin-Williams, SW 7008LRV 82, #EDEAE0

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Navajo White (SW 6126) is darker than Alabaster (SW 7008) and warmer: LRV 72 vs 82, deltaE 6.2 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Navajo White	Alabaster	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6126	SW 7008
Hex	#E9DCC6	#EDEAE0
RGB	233, 220, 198	237, 234, 224
HSL	38°, 44%, 85%	46°, 27%, 90%
LRV (light reflectance value)	72	82	−10
Lab L*	88.3	92.7	−4.4
Lab a*	0.9	-0.7	+1.6
Lab b*	12.4	5.2	+7.2
Undertone	Warm Peach	Neutral
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Beige	White

Same paint, two kinds of light

Navajo White (SW 6126), published as #E9DCC6

North light (cool, indirect)
#D8D2C4

South light (warm, direct)
#FBE6C6

Alabaster (SW 7008), published as #EDEAE0

North light (cool, indirect)
#DBE0DE

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF4E0

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 Alabaster (SW 7008) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 10 LRV points lighter (82 vs 72), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Alabaster (SW 7008) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 5.2 against 12.4, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Navajo White (SW 6126) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 12.4), which counters cool indirect light

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Common questions

Is Navajo White the same color as Alabaster?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 6.2. Navajo White and Alabaster are different colors.
Which is lighter, Navajo White or Alabaster?: Alabaster, with an LRV of 82 against 72.

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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.