Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) vs Big Chill (SW 7648)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Big Chill, LRV 62 vs 60.
- Warmer
- Agreeable Gray (Lab b* 5.7 vs 2.7). Agreeable Gray reads greige; Big Chill reads neutral gray.
- North rooms
- Big Chill drifts less gray (chroma drop 0.3 vs 4.6); both keep about the same brightness.
- Trim that works
- White Flour SW 7102, #F4EFE5, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 2.7, noticeably different. At 2.7, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
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Agreeable Gray
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Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) is slightly darker than Big Chill (SW 7648) and slightly warmer: LRV 60 vs 62, deltaE 2.7 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Agreeable Gray | Big Chill | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7029 | SW 7648 | |
| Hex | #D1CBC1 | #D0CEC9 | |
| RGB | 209, 203, 193 | 208, 206, 201 | |
| HSL | 37°, 15%, 79% | 43°, 7%, 80% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 60 | 62 | −2 |
| Lab L* | 81.9 | 82.8 | −0.9 |
| Lab a* | 0.3 | -0.2 | +0.5 |
| Lab b* | 5.7 | 2.7 | +3.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Beige | Neutral | |
| Temperature | warm | neutral | |
| Color family | Greige | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Agreeable Gray (SW 7029), published as #D1CBC1
#C0C1BF
#E3D5C1
Big Chill (SW 7648), published as #D0CEC9
#BFC4C7
#E2D8C9
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 Big Chill (SW 7648) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 2 LRV points lighter (62 vs 60), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Big Chill (SW 7648) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 2.7 against 5.7, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 5.7), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Agreeable Gray in other brands
Closest matches to Big Chill in other brands
Common questions
- Is Agreeable Gray the same color as Big Chill?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.7. Most people can see the difference between Agreeable Gray and Big Chill side by side.
- Which is lighter, Agreeable Gray or Big Chill?
- Big Chill, with an LRV of 62 against 60.
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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.