Accessible Beige (SW 7036) vs Balanced Beige (SW 7037)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Accessible Beige SW 7036 (simulated) — Accessible Beige SW 7036#D1C7B8, LRV 58

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Balanced Beige SW 7037 (simulated) — Balanced Beige SW 7037#C0B2A2, LRV 46

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Accessible Beige, LRV 58 vs 46.
Warmer: Balanced Beige, both greige (Lab b* 10.0 vs 8.8).
North rooms: Accessible Beige keeps more brightness (L* 76.7 vs 69.3 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Panda White SW 6147, #EAE2D4, LRV 77: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 5.6, clearly different. At 5.6, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Accessible BeigeSherwin-Williams, SW 7036LRV 58, #D1C7B8

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Balanced BeigeSherwin-Williams, SW 7037LRV 46, #C0B2A2

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Accessible Beige (SW 7036) is lighter than Balanced Beige (SW 7037) and slightly cooler: LRV 58 vs 46, deltaE 5.6 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Accessible Beige	Balanced Beige	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7036	SW 7037
Hex	#D1C7B8	#C0B2A2
RGB	209, 199, 184	192, 178, 162
HSL	36°, 21%, 77%	32°, 19%, 69%
LRV (light reflectance value)	58	46	+12
Lab L*	80.7	73.3	+7.3
Lab a*	0.9	2.3	−1.4
Lab b*	8.8	10.0	−1.2
Undertone	Warm Sandy	Warm
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Beige	Beige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Accessible Beige (SW 7036), published as #D1C7B8

North light (cool, indirect)
#C0BDB6

South light (warm, direct)
#E2D1B8

Balanced Beige (SW 7037), published as #C0B2A2

North light (cool, indirect)
#B0A8A0

South light (warm, direct)
#D1BCA2

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 Accessible Beige (SW 7036) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 12 LRV points lighter (58 vs 46), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Accessible Beige (SW 7036) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 8.8 against 10.0, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Balanced Beige (SW 7037) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 10.0), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Accessible Beige in other brands

Closest matches to Balanced Beige in other brands

Common questions

Is Accessible Beige the same color as Balanced Beige?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 5.6. Accessible Beige and Balanced Beige are different colors.
Which is lighter, Accessible Beige or Balanced Beige?: Accessible Beige, with an LRV of 58 against 46.

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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.