Tricorn Black (SW 6258) vs Urbane Bronze (SW 7048)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Tricorn Black SW 6258 (simulated) — Tricorn Black SW 6258#2F2F30, LRV 3

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Urbane Bronze SW 7048 (simulated) — Urbane Bronze SW 7048#54504A, LRV 8

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Urbane Bronze, LRV 8 vs 3.
Warmer: Urbane Bronze (Lab b* 4.1 vs -0.6). Tricorn Black reads neutral gray; Urbane Bronze reads warm charcoal.
North rooms: Urbane Bronze keeps more brightness (L* 30.1 vs 15.3 in north light); Tricorn Black drifts less gray (chroma drop 0.0 vs 3.4).
Trim that works: Arcade White SW 7100, #F3EEE7, LRV 86: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 11.9, clearly different. At 11.9, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Tricorn BlackSherwin-Williams, SW 6258LRV 3, #2F2F30

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Urbane BronzeSherwin-Williams, SW 7048LRV 8, #54504A

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Tricorn Black (SW 6258) is darker than Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) and cooler: LRV 3 vs 8, deltaE 11.9 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Tricorn Black	Urbane Bronze	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6258	SW 7048
Hex	#2F2F30	#54504A
RGB	47, 47, 48	84, 80, 74
HSL	240°, 1%, 19%	36°, 6%, 31%
LRV (light reflectance value)	3	8	−5
Lab L*	19.4	34.2	−14.8
Lab a*	0.2	0.4	−0.2
Lab b*	-0.6	4.1	−4.8
Undertone	Neutral	Warm Bronze
Temperature	neutral	warm
Color family	Black	Brown

Same paint, two kinds of light

Tricorn Black (SW 6258), published as #2F2F30

North light (cool, indirect)
#21272E

South light (warm, direct)
#3D3730

Urbane Bronze (SW 7048), published as #54504A

North light (cool, indirect)
#464748

South light (warm, direct)
#63594A

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 Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 5 LRV points lighter (8 vs 3), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Tricorn Black (SW 6258) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is -0.6 against 4.1, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 4.1), which counters cool indirect light

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Common questions

Is Tricorn Black the same color as Urbane Bronze?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 11.9. Tricorn Black and Urbane Bronze are different colors.
Which is lighter, Tricorn Black or Urbane Bronze?: Urbane Bronze, with an LRV of 8 against 3.

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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.