Requisite Gray (SW 7023) vs Agreeable Gray (SW 7029)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Requisite Gray SW 7023 (simulated) — Requisite Gray SW 7023#B9B2A9, LRV 45

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 45.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 5.5 vs 5.7).
North rooms: Agreeable Gray keeps more brightness (L* 77.9 vs 68.8 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Downy SW 7002, #EFE8DD, LRV 81: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 6.4, clearly different. At 6.4, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Requisite GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7023LRV 45, #B9B2A9

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

More comparisons with Agreeable Gray

Requisite Gray (SW 7023) is much darker than Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) and about as warm: LRV 45 vs 60, deltaE 6.4 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Requisite Gray	Agreeable Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7023	SW 7029
Hex	#B9B2A9	#D1CBC1
RGB	185, 178, 169	209, 203, 193
HSL	34°, 10%, 69%	37°, 15%, 79%
LRV (light reflectance value)	45	60	−15
Lab L*	72.9	81.9	−9.0
Lab a*	0.9	0.3	+0.6
Lab b*	5.5	5.7	−0.2
Undertone	Warm	Warm Beige
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Requisite Gray (SW 7023), published as #B9B2A9

North light (cool, indirect)
#A8A8A7

South light (warm, direct)
#CABCA9

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 15 LRV points lighter (60 vs 45), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Requisite Gray in other brands

Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Requisite Gray the same color as Agreeable Gray?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 6.4. Requisite Gray and Agreeable Gray are different colors.
Which is lighter, Requisite Gray or Agreeable Gray?: Agreeable Gray, with an LRV of 60 against 45.

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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.