Mountain Road (SW 7743) vs Evergreen Fog (SW 9130)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Evergreen Fog, LRV 30 vs 23.
- Warmer
- About the same, both green-gray (Lab b* 7.2 vs 6.6).
- North rooms
- Evergreen Fog keeps more brightness (L* 57.9 vs 51.4 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Spinach White SW 6434, #E4E8DA, LRV 79: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 6.2, clearly different. At 6.2, treat them as different colors.
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Evergreen Fog
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Mountain Road (SW 7743) is darker than Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) and about as warm: LRV 23 vs 30, deltaE 6.2 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | Mountain Road | Evergreen Fog | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7743 | SW 9130 | |
| Hex | #868578 | #95978A | |
| RGB | 134, 133, 120 | 149, 151, 138 | |
| HSL | 56°, 6%, 50% | 69°, 6%, 57% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 23 | 30 | −7 |
| Lab L* | 55.3 | 62.0 | −6.7 |
| Lab a* | -2.1 | -3.2 | +1.1 |
| Lab b* | 7.2 | 6.6 | +0.6 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Gray-Green | |
| Temperature | warm | cool | |
| Color family | Green | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Mountain Road (SW 7743), published as #868578
#767C76
#968E78
Evergreen Fog (SW 9130), published as #95978A
#858D88
#A6A18A
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 Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 7 LRV points lighter (30 vs 23), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Mountain Road in other brands
Closest matches to Evergreen Fog in other brands
Common questions
- Is Mountain Road the same color as Evergreen Fog?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 6.2. Mountain Road and Evergreen Fog are different colors.
- Which is lighter, Mountain Road or Evergreen Fog?
- Evergreen Fog, with an LRV of 30 against 23.
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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.