Eider White (SW 7014) vs City Loft (SW 7631)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Eider White, LRV 73 vs 70.
- Warmer
- City Loft (Lab b* 5.0 vs 3.4). Eider White reads neutral white; City Loft reads greige.
- North rooms
- Eider White: keeps more brightness (L* 84.7 vs 83.3 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 1.7 vs 4.1).
- Trim that works
- White Flour SW 7102, #F4EFE5, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 1.6, very close. At 1.6, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.
See each color
Eider White (SW 7014) is slightly lighter than City Loft (SW 7631) and slightly cooler: LRV 73 vs 70, deltaE 1.6 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Eider White | City Loft | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7014 | SW 7631 | |
| Hex | #E2DED8 | #DFDAD1 | |
| RGB | 226, 222, 216 | 223, 218, 209 | |
| HSL | 36°, 15%, 87% | 39°, 18%, 85% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 73 | 70 | +3 |
| Lab L* | 88.6 | 87.2 | +1.4 |
| Lab a* | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.2 |
| Lab b* | 3.4 | 5.0 | −1.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Greige | Warm | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Off-white | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Eider White (SW 7014), published as #E2DED8
#D0D4D6
#F4E8D8
City Loft (SW 7631), published as #DFDAD1
#CED0CF
#F1E4D1
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 3 LRV points lighter (73 vs 70), 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 5.0, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick City Loft (SW 7631) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 5.0), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Eider White in other brands
Closest matches to City Loft in other brands
Common questions
- Is Eider White the same color as City Loft?
- They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.6. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Eider White and City Loft.
- Which is lighter, Eider White or City Loft?
- Eider White, with an LRV of 73 against 70.
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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.