Egret White (SW 7570) vs City Loft (SW 7631)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- About the same: LRV 70 vs 70.
- Warmer
- About the same, both greige (Lab b* 5.7 vs 5.0).
- North rooms
- About the same: both keep their brightness and color about equally (L* 83.3 vs 83.0 in north light).
- Trim that works
- White Flour SW 7102, #F4EFE5, LRV 87: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 0.6, indistinguishable. At 0.6, pick on price, finish or availability.
See each color
Egret White (SW 7570) is about as light as City Loft (SW 7631) and about as warm: LRV 70 vs 70, deltaE 0.6 (indistinguishable).
Side by side
| Measure | Egret White | City Loft | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7570 | SW 7631 | |
| Hex | #DFD9CF | #DFDAD1 | |
| RGB | 223, 217, 207 | 223, 218, 209 | |
| HSL | 37°, 20%, 84% | 39°, 18%, 85% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 70 | 70 | 0 |
| Lab L* | 86.9 | 87.2 | −0.3 |
| Lab a* | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.2 |
| Lab b* | 5.7 | 5.0 | +0.6 |
| Undertone | Warm | Warm | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Greige | Greige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Egret White (SW 7570), published as #DFD9CF
#CECFCD
#F1E3CF
City Loft (SW 7631), published as #DFDAD1
#CED0CF
#F1E4D1
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 Egret White (SW 7570) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0 LRV points lighter (70 vs 70), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Egret White in other brands
Closest matches to City Loft in other brands
Common questions
- Is Egret White the same color as City Loft?
- They are indistinguishable: a CIEDE2000 difference of 0.6. Most people cannot tell Egret White and City Loft apart.
- Which is lighter, Egret White or City Loft?
- Neither: both have an LRV of 70.
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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.