Intimate White (SW 6322) vs Faint Coral (SW 6329)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Intimate White SW 6322 (simulated) — Intimate White SW 6322#F0E1D8, LRV 77

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Faint Coral SW 6329 (simulated) — Faint Coral SW 6329#EEDED5, LRV 75

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Intimate White, LRV 77 vs 75.
Warmer: About the same, both warm white (Lab b* 6.2 vs 6.4).
North rooms: About the same: both keep their brightness and color about equally (L* 86.6 vs 85.6 in north light).
Trim that works: Cotton White SW 7104, #F7EFE3, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 0.8, indistinguishable. At 0.8, pick on price, finish or availability.

See each color

Intimate WhiteSherwin-Williams, SW 6322LRV 77, #F0E1D8

Faint CoralSherwin-Williams, SW 6329LRV 75, #EEDED5

Intimate White (SW 6322) is slightly lighter than Faint Coral (SW 6329) and about as warm: LRV 77 vs 75, deltaE 0.8 (indistinguishable).

Side by side

Measure	Intimate White	Faint Coral	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6322	SW 6329
Hex	#F0E1D8	#EEDED5
RGB	240, 225, 216	238, 222, 213
HSL	22°, 44%, 89%	22°, 42%, 88%
LRV (light reflectance value)	77	75	+2
Lab L*	90.5	89.5	+1.0
Lab a*	3.6	4.0	−0.4
Lab b*	6.2	6.4	−0.1
Undertone	Warm	Warm
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Off-white	Off-white

Same paint, two kinds of light

Intimate White (SW 6322), published as #F0E1D8

North light (cool, indirect)
#DFD7D6

South light (warm, direct)
#FFEBD8

Faint Coral (SW 6329), published as #EEDED5

North light (cool, indirect)
#DDD4D3

South light (warm, direct)
#FFE8D5

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 Intimate White (SW 6322) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 2 LRV points lighter (77 vs 75), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Intimate White in other brands

Closest matches to Faint Coral in other brands

Common questions

Is Intimate White the same color as Faint Coral?: They are indistinguishable: a CIEDE2000 difference of 0.8. Most people cannot tell Intimate White and Faint Coral apart.
Which is lighter, Intimate White or Faint Coral?: Intimate White, with an LRV of 77 against 75.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

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.