Repose Gray (SW 7015) vs Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)

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 Agreeable Gray SW 7029 (simulated) — Agreeable Gray SW 7029#D1CBC1, LRV 60

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Agreeable Gray, LRV 60 vs 58.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 4.9 vs 5.7).
North rooms: Repose Gray drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.3 vs 4.6); both keep about the same brightness.
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

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

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Agreeable GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7029LRV 60, #D1CBC1

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Repose Gray (SW 7015) is slightly darker than Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) and about as warm: LRV 58 vs 60, deltaE 1.6 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Repose Gray	Agreeable Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7015	SW 7029
Hex	#CCC9C0	#D1CBC1
RGB	204, 201, 192	209, 203, 193
HSL	45°, 11%, 78%	37°, 15%, 79%
LRV (light reflectance value)	58	60	−2
Lab L*	81.0	81.9	−0.9
Lab a*	-0.6	0.3	−0.9
Lab b*	4.9	5.7	−0.9
Undertone	Warm Greige	Warm Beige
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

Agreeable Gray (SW 7029), published as #D1CBC1

North light (cool, indirect)
#C0C1BF

South light (warm, direct)
#E3D5C1

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 Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 2 LRV points lighter (60 vs 58), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Repose Gray in other brands

Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Repose Gray the same color as Agreeable Gray?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.6. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Repose Gray and Agreeable Gray.
Which is lighter, Repose Gray or Agreeable Gray?: Agreeable Gray, with an LRV of 60 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.