Pewter Green (SW 6208) vs Night Owl (SW 7061)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Night Owl, LRV 13 vs 12.
- Warmer
- Pewter Green, both green-gray (Lab b* 4.6 vs 3.1).
- North rooms
- Night Owl: keeps more brightness (L* 38.4 vs 36.9 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 0.4 vs 1.3).
- Trim that works
- Green Glimpse SW 9676, #E7EAE3, LRV 82: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 2.5, noticeably different. At 2.5, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Pewter Green (SW 6208) is about as light as Night Owl (SW 7061) and slightly warmer: LRV 12 vs 13, deltaE 2.5 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Pewter Green | Night Owl | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 6208 | SW 7061 | |
| Hex | #5E6259 | #63655F | |
| RGB | 94, 98, 89 | 99, 101, 95 | |
| HSL | 87°, 5%, 37% | 80°, 3%, 38% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 12 | 13 | −1 |
| Lab L* | 41.0 | 42.4 | −1.5 |
| Lab a* | -3.4 | -2.0 | −1.4 |
| Lab b* | 4.6 | 3.1 | +1.5 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Warm Brown | |
| Temperature | neutral | warm | |
| Color family | Gray | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Pewter Green (SW 6208), published as #5E6259
#4F5957
#6D6B59
Night Owl (SW 7061), published as #63655F
#545C5D
#736E5F
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 Night Owl (SW 7061) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1 LRV points lighter (13 vs 12), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Night Owl (SW 7061) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 3.1 against 4.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Pewter Green (SW 6208) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 4.6), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Pewter Green in other brands
Closest matches to Night Owl in other brands
Common questions
- Is Pewter Green the same color as Night Owl?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.5. Most people can see the difference between Pewter Green and Night Owl side by side.
- Which is lighter, Pewter Green or Night Owl?
- Night Owl, with an LRV of 13 against 12.
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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.