Retreat (SW 6207) vs Acacia Haze (SW 9132)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Acacia Haze, LRV 32 vs 21.
- Warmer
- About the same, both green-gray (Lab b* 4.7 vs 4.5).
- North rooms
- Acacia Haze keeps more brightness (L* 59.5 vs 48.9 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Green Glimpse SW 9676, #E7EAE3, LRV 82: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 9.7, clearly different. At 9.7, treat them as different colors.
See each color
Retreat (SW 6207) is darker than Acacia Haze (SW 9132) and about as warm: LRV 21 vs 32, deltaE 9.7 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | Retreat | Acacia Haze | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 6207 | SW 9132 | |
| Hex | #7A8076 | #969C92 | |
| RGB | 122, 128, 118 | 150, 156, 146 | |
| HSL | 96°, 4%, 48% | 96°, 5%, 59% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 21 | 32 | −11 |
| Lab L* | 52.8 | 63.6 | −10.8 |
| Lab a* | -4.2 | -4.1 | −0.1 |
| Lab b* | 4.7 | 4.5 | +0.2 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Neutral | |
| Temperature | neutral | neutral | |
| Color family | Gray | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Retreat (SW 6207), published as #7A8076
#6A7774
#8A8976
Acacia Haze (SW 9132), published as #969C92
#859290
#A7A692
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 Acacia Haze (SW 9132) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 11 LRV points lighter (32 vs 21), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Retreat in other brands
Closest matches to Acacia Haze in other brands
Common questions
- Is Retreat the same color as Acacia Haze?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 9.7. Retreat and Acacia Haze are different colors.
- Which is lighter, Retreat or Acacia Haze?
- Acacia Haze, with an LRV of 32 against 21.
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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.