Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) vs City Loft (SW 7631)

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 City Loft SW 7631 (simulated) — City Loft SW 7631#DFDAD1, LRV 70

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

Quick decision

Lighter: City Loft, LRV 70 vs 60.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 5.7 vs 5.0).
North rooms: City Loft keeps more brightness (L* 83.3 vs 77.9 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: White Flour SW 7102, #F4EFE5, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 3.6, noticeably different. At 3.6, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

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

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City LoftSherwin-Williams, SW 7631LRV 70, #DFDAD1

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Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) is darker than City Loft (SW 7631) and about as warm: LRV 60 vs 70, deltaE 3.6 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Agreeable Gray	City Loft	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7029	SW 7631
Hex	#D1CBC1	#DFDAD1
RGB	209, 203, 193	223, 218, 209
HSL	37°, 15%, 79%	39°, 18%, 85%
LRV (light reflectance value)	60	70	−10
Lab L*	81.9	87.2	−5.3
Lab a*	0.3	0.1	+0.2
Lab b*	5.7	5.0	+0.7
Undertone	Warm Beige	Warm
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

City Loft (SW 7631), published as #DFDAD1

North light (cool, indirect)
#CED0CF

South light (warm, direct)
#F1E4D1

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 City Loft (SW 7631) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 10 LRV points lighter (70 vs 60), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands

Closest matches to City Loft in other brands

Common questions

Is Agreeable Gray the same color as City Loft?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.6. Most people can see the difference between Agreeable Gray and City Loft side by side.
Which is lighter, Agreeable Gray or City Loft?: City Loft, with an LRV of 70 against 60.

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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.