Rainwashed (SW 6211) vs Rain (SW 6219)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Rainwashed SW 6211 (simulated) — Rainwashed SW 6211#C2CDC5, LRV 59

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Rain SW 6219 (simulated) — Rain SW 6219#ABBEBF, LRV 49

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Rainwashed, LRV 59 vs 49.
Warmer: Rainwashed (Lab b* 2.7 vs -2.7). Rainwashed reads green-gray; Rain reads blue-gray.
North rooms: Rainwashed keeps more brightness (L* 77.4 vs 71.6 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Blue Horizon SW 6497, #D8E7E6, LRV 78: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 6.4, clearly different. At 6.4, treat them as different colors.

See each color

RainwashedSherwin-Williams, SW 6211LRV 59, #C2CDC5

More comparisons with Rainwashed

RainSherwin-Williams, SW 6219LRV 49, #ABBEBF

Rainwashed (SW 6211) is lighter than Rain (SW 6219) and warmer: LRV 59 vs 49, deltaE 6.4 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Rainwashed	Rain	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6211	SW 6219
Hex	#C2CDC5	#ABBEBF
RGB	194, 205, 197	171, 190, 191
HSL	136°, 10%, 78%	183°, 14%, 71%
LRV (light reflectance value)	59	49	+10
Lab L*	81.4	75.6	+5.8
Lab a*	-5.2	-6.3	+1.0
Lab b*	2.7	-2.7	+5.4
Undertone	Cool Green	Cool Green
Temperature	neutral	neutral
Color family	Gray	Gray

Same paint, two kinds of light

Rainwashed (SW 6211), published as #C2CDC5

North light (cool, indirect)
#B0C3C3

South light (warm, direct)
#D4D7C5

Rain (SW 6219), published as #ABBEBF

North light (cool, indirect)
#99B4BD

South light (warm, direct)
#BEC8BF

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 Rainwashed (SW 6211) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 10 LRV points lighter (59 vs 49), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Rain (SW 6219) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is -2.7 against 2.7, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Rainwashed (SW 6211) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 2.7), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Rainwashed in other brands

Closest matches to Rain in other brands

Common questions

Is Rainwashed the same color as Rain?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 6.4. Rainwashed and Rain are different colors.
Which is lighter, Rainwashed or Rain?: Rainwashed, with an LRV of 59 against 49.

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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.