Svelte Sage (SW 6164) vs Evergreen Fog (SW 9130)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Svelte Sage SW 6164 (simulated) — Svelte Sage SW 6164#B2AC96, LRV 41

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Evergreen Fog SW 9130 (simulated) — Evergreen Fog SW 9130#95978A, LRV 30

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Svelte Sage, LRV 41 vs 30.
Warmer: Svelte Sage (Lab b* 12.1 vs 6.6). Svelte Sage reads yellow; Evergreen Fog reads green-gray.
North rooms: Svelte Sage keeps more brightness (L* 66.3 vs 57.9 in north light); Evergreen Fog drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.1 vs 4.5).
Trim that works: Spinach White SW 6434, #E4E8DA, LRV 79: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 8.2, clearly different. At 8.2, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Svelte SageSherwin-Williams, SW 6164LRV 41, #B2AC96

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Evergreen FogSherwin-Williams, SW 9130LRV 30, #95978A

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Svelte Sage (SW 6164) is lighter than Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) and warmer: LRV 41 vs 30, deltaE 8.2 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Svelte Sage	Evergreen Fog	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6164	SW 9130
Hex	#B2AC96	#95978A
RGB	178, 172, 150	149, 151, 138
HSL	47°, 15%, 64%	69°, 6%, 57%
LRV (light reflectance value)	41	30	+11
Lab L*	70.3	62.0	+8.3
Lab a*	-1.6	-3.2	+1.5
Lab b*	12.1	6.6	+5.5
Undertone	Warm Yellow	Gray-Green
Temperature	warm	cool
Color family	Beige	Green

Same paint, two kinds of light

Svelte Sage (SW 6164), published as #B2AC96

North light (cool, indirect)
#A2A294

South light (warm, direct)
#C3B696

Evergreen Fog (SW 9130), published as #95978A

North light (cool, indirect)
#858D88

South light (warm, direct)
#A6A18A

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 Svelte Sage (SW 6164) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 11 LRV points lighter (41 vs 30), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 6.6 against 12.1, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Svelte Sage (SW 6164) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 12.1), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Svelte Sage in other brands

Closest matches to Evergreen Fog in other brands

Common questions

Is Svelte Sage the same color as Evergreen Fog?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 8.2. Svelte Sage and Evergreen Fog are different colors.
Which is lighter, Svelte Sage or Evergreen Fog?: Svelte Sage, with an LRV of 41 against 30.

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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.