Repose Gray (SW 7015) vs Mindful Gray (SW 7016)

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

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Mindful Gray SW 7016 (simulated) — Mindful Gray SW 7016#BCB7AD, LRV 48

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Repose Gray, LRV 58 vs 48.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 4.9 vs 5.7).
North rooms: Repose Gray: keeps more brightness (L* 77.0 vs 70.5 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.3 vs 4.4).
Trim that works: Cheviot SW 9503, #F6F2E8, LRV 89: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 4.7, noticeably different. At 4.7, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

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

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Mindful GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7016LRV 48, #BCB7AD

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Repose Gray (SW 7015) is lighter than Mindful Gray (SW 7016) and about as warm: LRV 58 vs 48, deltaE 4.7 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Repose Gray	Mindful Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7015	SW 7016
Hex	#CCC9C0	#BCB7AD
RGB	204, 201, 192	188, 183, 173
HSL	45°, 11%, 78%	40°, 10%, 71%
LRV (light reflectance value)	58	48	+10
Lab L*	81.0	74.6	+6.4
Lab a*	-0.6	0.0	−0.6
Lab b*	4.9	5.7	−0.8
Undertone	Warm Greige	Warm Greige
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Gray	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Repose Gray (SW 7015), published as #CCC9C0

North light (cool, indirect)
#BBBFBE

South light (warm, direct)
#DED3C0

Mindful Gray (SW 7016), published as #BCB7AD

North light (cool, indirect)
#ABADAB

South light (warm, direct)
#CDC1AD

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 Repose Gray (SW 7015) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 10 LRV points lighter (58 vs 48), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Repose Gray in other brands

Closest matches to Mindful Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Repose Gray the same color as Mindful Gray?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 4.7. Most people can see the difference between Repose Gray and Mindful Gray side by side.
Which is lighter, Repose Gray or Mindful Gray?: Repose Gray, with an LRV of 58 against 48.

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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.