Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) vs Worldly Gray (SW 7043)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Agreeable Gray SW 7029 (simulated) — Agreeable Gray SW 7029#D1CBC1, LRV 60

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Worldly Gray SW 7043 (simulated) — Worldly Gray SW 7043#CEC6BB, LRV 57

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* 5.7 vs 6.5).
North rooms: Agreeable Gray keeps more brightness (L* 77.9 vs 76.2 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 1.5, very close. At 1.5, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

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

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Worldly GraySherwin-Williams, SW 7043LRV 57, #CEC6BB

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Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) is slightly lighter than Worldly Gray (SW 7043) and about as warm: LRV 60 vs 57, deltaE 1.5 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Agreeable Gray	Worldly Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7029	SW 7043
Hex	#D1CBC1	#CEC6BB
RGB	209, 203, 193	206, 198, 187
HSL	37°, 15%, 79%	35°, 16%, 77%
LRV (light reflectance value)	60	57	+3
Lab L*	81.9	80.2	+1.7
Lab a*	0.3	0.9	−0.6
Lab b*	5.7	6.5	−0.8
Undertone	Warm Beige	Warm Green
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Greige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Agreeable Gray (SW 7029), published as #D1CBC1

North light (cool, indirect)
#C0C1BF

South light (warm, direct)
#E3D5C1

Worldly Gray (SW 7043), published as #CEC6BB

North light (cool, indirect)
#BDBCB9

South light (warm, direct)
#E0D0BB

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 Agreeable Gray in other brands

Closest matches to Worldly Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Agreeable Gray the same color as Worldly Gray?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.5. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Agreeable Gray and Worldly Gray.
Which is lighter, Agreeable Gray or Worldly 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.