Balanced Beige (SW 7037) vs Loggia (SW 7506)

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

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Loggia SW 7506 (simulated) — Loggia SW 7506#C4B7A5, LRV 48

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Loggia, LRV 48 vs 46.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 10.0 vs 10.8).
North rooms: Loggia keeps more brightness (L* 71.0 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 1.7, very close. At 1.7, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

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

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LoggiaSherwin-Williams, SW 7506LRV 48, #C4B7A5

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Balanced Beige (SW 7037) is slightly darker than Loggia (SW 7506) and about as warm: LRV 46 vs 48, deltaE 1.7 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Balanced Beige	Loggia	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7037	SW 7506
Hex	#C0B2A2	#C4B7A5
RGB	192, 178, 162	196, 183, 165
HSL	32°, 19%, 69%	35°, 21%, 71%
LRV (light reflectance value)	46	48	−2
Lab L*	73.3	75.0	−1.7
Lab a*	2.3	1.6	+0.7
Lab b*	10.0	10.8	−0.8
Undertone	Warm	Warm Yellow
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Beige	Beige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Balanced Beige (SW 7037), published as #C0B2A2

North light (cool, indirect)
#B0A8A0

South light (warm, direct)
#D1BCA2

Loggia (SW 7506), published as #C4B7A5

North light (cool, indirect)
#B4ADA3

South light (warm, direct)
#D5C1A5

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 Loggia (SW 7506) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 2 LRV points lighter (48 vs 46), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Balanced Beige in other brands

Closest matches to Loggia in other brands

Common questions

Is Balanced Beige the same color as Loggia?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.7. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Balanced Beige and Loggia.
Which is lighter, Balanced Beige or Loggia?: Loggia, with an LRV of 48 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.