Eider White (SW 7014) vs Repose Gray (SW 7015)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Eider White SW 7014 (simulated) — Eider White SW 7014#E2DED8, LRV 73

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Repose Gray SW 7015 (simulated) — Repose Gray SW 7015#CCC9C0, LRV 58

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Eider White, LRV 73 vs 58.
Warmer: Repose Gray (Lab b* 4.9 vs 3.4). Eider White reads neutral white; Repose Gray reads greige.
North rooms: Eider White: keeps more brightness (L* 84.7 vs 77.0 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 1.7 vs 3.3).
Trim that works: Cheviot SW 9503, #F6F2E8, LRV 89: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 5.3, clearly different. At 5.3, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Eider WhiteSherwin-Williams, SW 7014LRV 73, #E2DED8

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Repose GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7015LRV 58, #CCC9C0

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Eider White (SW 7014) is much lighter than Repose Gray (SW 7015) and slightly cooler: LRV 73 vs 58, deltaE 5.3 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Eider White	Repose Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7014	SW 7015
Hex	#E2DED8	#CCC9C0
RGB	226, 222, 216	204, 201, 192
HSL	36°, 15%, 87%	45°, 11%, 78%
LRV (light reflectance value)	73	58	+15
Lab L*	88.6	81.0	+7.7
Lab a*	0.3	-0.6	+0.9
Lab b*	3.4	4.9	−1.4
Undertone	Warm Greige	Warm Greige
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Off-white	Gray

Same paint, two kinds of light

Eider White (SW 7014), published as #E2DED8

North light (cool, indirect)
#D0D4D6

South light (warm, direct)
#F4E8D8

Repose Gray (SW 7015), published as #CCC9C0

North light (cool, indirect)
#BBBFBE

South light (warm, direct)
#DED3C0

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 Eider White (SW 7014) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 15 LRV points lighter (73 vs 58), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Eider White (SW 7014) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 3.4 against 4.9, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Repose Gray (SW 7015) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 4.9), which counters cool indirect light

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Closest matches to Repose Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Eider White the same color as Repose Gray?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 5.3. Eider White and Repose Gray are different colors.
Which is lighter, Eider White or Repose Gray?: Eider White, with an LRV of 73 against 58.

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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.