Balanced Beige (SW 7037) vs Bungalow Beige (SW 7511)

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 Bungalow Beige SW 7511 (simulated) — Bungalow Beige SW 7511#CDBFB0, LRV 53

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Bungalow Beige, LRV 53 vs 46.
Warmer: About the same, both greige (Lab b* 10.0 vs 9.3).
North rooms: Bungalow Beige keeps more brightness (L* 74.1 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 3.5, noticeably different. At 3.5, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

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

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Bungalow BeigeSherwin-Williams, SW 7511LRV 53, #CDBFB0

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Balanced Beige (SW 7037) is darker than Bungalow Beige (SW 7511) and about as warm: LRV 46 vs 53, deltaE 3.5 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Balanced Beige	Bungalow Beige	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7037	SW 7511
Hex	#C0B2A2	#CDBFB0
RGB	192, 178, 162	205, 191, 176
HSL	32°, 19%, 69%	31°, 22%, 75%
LRV (light reflectance value)	46	53	−7
Lab L*	73.3	78.1	−4.8
Lab a*	2.3	2.4	−0.1
Lab b*	10.0	9.3	+0.6
Undertone	Warm	Warm
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

Bungalow Beige (SW 7511), published as #CDBFB0

North light (cool, indirect)
#BCB5AE

South light (warm, direct)
#DEC9B0

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 Bungalow Beige (SW 7511) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 7 LRV points lighter (53 vs 46), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Balanced Beige in other brands

Closest matches to Bungalow Beige in other brands

Common questions

Is Balanced Beige the same color as Bungalow Beige?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.5. Most people can see the difference between Balanced Beige and Bungalow Beige side by side.
Which is lighter, Balanced Beige or Bungalow Beige?: Bungalow Beige, with an LRV of 53 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.