Mindful Gray (SW 7016) vs Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)

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

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 48.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 5.7 vs 5.7).
North rooms: Agreeable Gray keeps more brightness (L* 77.9 vs 70.5 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Frost Bite SW 9505, #F6F0E5, LRV 88: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 5.2, clearly different. At 5.2, treat them as different colors.

See each color

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

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

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Mindful Gray (SW 7016) is darker than Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) and about as warm: LRV 48 vs 60, deltaE 5.2 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Mindful Gray	Agreeable Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7016	SW 7029
Hex	#BCB7AD	#D1CBC1
RGB	188, 183, 173	209, 203, 193
HSL	40°, 10%, 71%	37°, 15%, 79%
LRV (light reflectance value)	48	60	−12
Lab L*	74.6	81.9	−7.3
Lab a*	0.0	0.3	−0.3
Lab b*	5.7	5.7	−0.0
Undertone	Warm Greige	Warm Beige
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Mindful Gray (SW 7016), published as #BCB7AD

North light (cool, indirect)
#ABADAB

South light (warm, direct)
#CDC1AD

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 12 LRV points lighter (60 vs 48), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Mindful Gray in other brands

Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Mindful Gray the same color as Agreeable Gray?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 5.2. Mindful Gray and Agreeable Gray are different colors.
Which is lighter, Mindful Gray or Agreeable Gray?: Agreeable Gray, with an LRV of 60 against 48.

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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.