Pewter Green (SW 6208) vs Evergreen Fog (SW 9130)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Evergreen Fog, LRV 30 vs 12.
- Warmer
- Evergreen Fog, both green-gray (Lab b* 6.6 vs 4.6).
- North rooms
- Evergreen Fog keeps more brightness (L* 57.9 vs 36.9 in north light); Pewter Green drifts less gray (chroma drop 1.3 vs 3.1).
- Trim that works
- Green Glimpse SW 9676, #E7EAE3, LRV 82: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 20.9, clearly different. At 20.9, treat them as different colors.
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Evergreen Fog
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Pewter Green (SW 6208) is much darker than Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) and slightly cooler: LRV 12 vs 30, deltaE 20.9 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | Pewter Green | Evergreen Fog | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 6208 | SW 9130 | |
| Hex | #5E6259 | #95978A | |
| RGB | 94, 98, 89 | 149, 151, 138 | |
| HSL | 87°, 5%, 37% | 69°, 6%, 57% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 12 | 30 | −18 |
| Lab L* | 41.0 | 62.0 | −21.0 |
| Lab a* | -3.4 | -3.2 | −0.3 |
| Lab b* | 4.6 | 6.6 | −2.0 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Gray-Green | |
| Temperature | neutral | cool | |
| Color family | Gray | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Pewter Green (SW 6208), published as #5E6259
#4F5957
#6D6B59
Evergreen Fog (SW 9130), published as #95978A
#858D88
#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 Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 18 LRV points lighter (30 vs 12), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Pewter Green (SW 6208) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 4.6 against 6.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 6.6), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Pewter Green in other brands
Closest matches to Evergreen Fog in other brands
Common questions
- Is Pewter Green the same color as Evergreen Fog?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 20.9. Pewter Green and Evergreen Fog are different colors.
- Which is lighter, Pewter Green or Evergreen Fog?
- Evergreen Fog, with an LRV of 30 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.