First Star (SW 7646) vs Crushed Ice (SW 7647)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams First Star SW 7646 (simulated) — First Star SW 7646#DAD9D4, LRV 69

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Crushed Ice SW 7647 (simulated) — Crushed Ice SW 7647#D6D3CC, LRV 66

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

Quick decision

Lighter: First Star, LRV 69 vs 66.
Warmer: Crushed Ice (Lab b* 3.8 vs 2.6). First Star reads neutral gray; Crushed Ice reads greige.
North rooms: First Star: keeps more brightness (L* 82.7 vs 80.7 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 0.0 vs 2.3).
Trim that works: White Sand SW 9582, #EDECE7, LRV 84: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 1.8, very close. At 1.8, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

First StarSherwin-Williams, SW 7646LRV 69, #DAD9D4

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Agreeable Gray vs First StarSW 7029 vs SW 7646deltaE 4.3, noticeably different

Crushed IceSherwin-Williams, SW 7647LRV 66, #D6D3CC

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First Star (SW 7646) is slightly lighter than Crushed Ice (SW 7647) and slightly cooler: LRV 69 vs 66, deltaE 1.8 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	First Star	Crushed Ice	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7646	SW 7647
Hex	#DAD9D4	#D6D3CC
RGB	218, 217, 212	214, 211, 204
HSL	50°, 7%, 84%	42°, 11%, 82%
LRV (light reflectance value)	69	66	+3
Lab L*	86.6	84.6	+2.0
Lab a*	-0.5	-0.2	−0.3
Lab b*	2.6	3.8	−1.2
Undertone	Neutral	Neutral
Temperature	neutral	neutral
Color family	Gray	Gray

Same paint, two kinds of light

First Star (SW 7646), published as #DAD9D4

North light (cool, indirect)
#C8CFD2

South light (warm, direct)
#ECE3D4

Crushed Ice (SW 7647), published as #D6D3CC

North light (cool, indirect)
#C5C9CA

South light (warm, direct)
#E8DDCC

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 First Star (SW 7646) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 3 LRV points lighter (69 vs 66), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick First Star (SW 7646) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 2.6 against 3.8, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Crushed Ice (SW 7647) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 3.8), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to First Star in other brands

Closest matches to Crushed Ice in other brands

Common questions

Is First Star the same color as Crushed Ice?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.8. Side by side you may see a slight difference between First Star and Crushed Ice.
Which is lighter, First Star or Crushed Ice?: First Star, with an LRV of 69 against 66.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

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.