Alpaca (SW 7022) vs Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Alpaca SW 7022 (simulated) — Alpaca SW 7022#CCC5BD, LRV 57

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 57.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 4.9 vs 5.7).
North rooms: Agreeable Gray keeps more brightness (L* 77.9 vs 75.9 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Marshmallow SW 7001, #EEE9E0, LRV 82: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 1.9, very close. At 1.9, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

AlpacaSherwin-Williams, SW 7022LRV 57, #CCC5BD

More comparisons with Alpaca

Alpaca vs Accessible BeigeSW 7022 vs SW 7036deltaE 3.1, noticeably different

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

More comparisons with Agreeable Gray

Alpaca (SW 7022) is slightly darker than Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) and about as warm: LRV 57 vs 60, deltaE 1.9 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Alpaca	Agreeable Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7022	SW 7029
Hex	#CCC5BD	#D1CBC1
RGB	204, 197, 189	209, 203, 193
HSL	32°, 13%, 77%	37°, 15%, 79%
LRV (light reflectance value)	57	60	−3
Lab L*	79.9	81.9	−2.0
Lab a*	1.0	0.3	+0.7
Lab b*	4.9	5.7	−0.8
Undertone	Warm	Warm Beige
Temperature	neutral	warm
Color family	Gray	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Alpaca (SW 7022), published as #CCC5BD

North light (cool, indirect)
#BBBBBB

South light (warm, direct)
#DECFBD

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 3 LRV points lighter (60 vs 57), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Alpaca in other brands

Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Alpaca the same color as Agreeable Gray?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.9. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Alpaca and Agreeable Gray.
Which is lighter, Alpaca or Agreeable Gray?: Agreeable Gray, with an LRV of 60 against 57.

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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.