Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) vs Enduring Bronze (SW 7055)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Urbane Bronze, LRV 8 vs 7.
- Warmer
- Enduring Bronze, both warm charcoal (Lab b* 9.7 vs 4.1).
- North rooms
- Urbane Bronze: keeps more brightness (L* 30.1 vs 28.9 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.4 vs 5.1).
- Trim that works
- Cotton White SW 7104, #F7EFE3, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 4.5, noticeably different. At 4.5, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) is about as light as Enduring Bronze (SW 7055) and cooler: LRV 8 vs 7, deltaE 4.5 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Urbane Bronze | Enduring Bronze | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7048 | SW 7055 | |
| Hex | #54504A | #554C3E | |
| RGB | 84, 80, 74 | 85, 76, 62 | |
| HSL | 36°, 6%, 31% | 37°, 16%, 29% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 8 | 7 | +1 |
| Lab L* | 34.2 | 32.8 | +1.4 |
| Lab a* | 0.4 | 1.2 | −0.8 |
| Lab b* | 4.1 | 9.7 | −5.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Bronze | Warm | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Brown | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Urbane Bronze (SW 7048), published as #54504A
#464748
#63594A
Enduring Bronze (SW 7055), published as #554C3E
#47443D
#63553E
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 Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1 LRV points lighter (8 vs 7), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 4.1 against 9.7, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Enduring Bronze (SW 7055) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 9.7), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Urbane Bronze in other brands
Closest matches to Enduring Bronze in other brands
Common questions
- Is Urbane Bronze the same color as Enduring Bronze?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 4.5. Most people can see the difference between Urbane Bronze and Enduring Bronze side by side.
- Which is lighter, Urbane Bronze or Enduring Bronze?
- Urbane Bronze, with an LRV of 8 against 7.
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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.