Accessible Beige (SW 7036) vs Worldly Gray (SW 7043)

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 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: Accessible Beige, LRV 58 vs 57.
Warmer: Accessible Beige, both greige (Lab b* 8.8 vs 6.5).
North rooms: About the same: both keep their brightness and color about equally (L* 76.7 vs 76.2 in north light).
Trim that works: Cotton White SW 7104, #F7EFE3, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 1.7, very close. At 1.7, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

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

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

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Accessible Beige (SW 7036) is about as light as Worldly Gray (SW 7043) and slightly warmer: LRV 58 vs 57, deltaE 1.7 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Accessible Beige	Worldly Gray	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7036	SW 7043
Hex	#D1C7B8	#CEC6BB
RGB	209, 199, 184	206, 198, 187
HSL	36°, 21%, 77%	35°, 16%, 77%
LRV (light reflectance value)	58	57	+1
Lab L*	80.7	80.2	+0.4
Lab a*	0.9	0.9	+0.1
Lab b*	8.8	6.5	+2.3
Undertone	Warm Sandy	Warm Green
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Beige	Greige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Accessible Beige (SW 7036), published as #D1C7B8

North light (cool, indirect)
#C0BDB6

South light (warm, direct)
#E2D1B8

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 Accessible Beige (SW 7036) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1 LRV points lighter (58 vs 57), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Worldly Gray (SW 7043) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 6.5 against 8.8, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Accessible Beige (SW 7036) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 8.8), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Accessible Beige in other brands

Closest matches to Worldly Gray in other brands

Common questions

Is Accessible Beige the same color as Worldly Gray?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.7. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Accessible Beige and Worldly Gray.
Which is lighter, Accessible Beige or Worldly Gray?: Accessible Beige, with an LRV of 58 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.