At Ease Soldier (SW 9127) vs Evergreen Fog (SW 9130)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams At Ease Soldier SW 9127 (simulated) — At Ease Soldier SW 9127#9E9985, LRV 32

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Evergreen Fog SW 9130 (simulated) — Evergreen Fog SW 9130#95978A, LRV 30

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

Quick decision

Lighter: At Ease Soldier, LRV 32 vs 30.
Warmer: At Ease Soldier (Lab b* 11.2 vs 6.6). At Ease Soldier reads greige; Evergreen Fog reads green-gray.
North rooms: At Ease Soldier keeps more brightness (L* 59.0 vs 57.9 in north light); Evergreen Fog drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.1 vs 4.5).
Trim that works: Spinach White SW 6434, #E4E8DA, LRV 79: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 4.2, noticeably different. At 4.2, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

At Ease SoldierSherwin-Williams, SW 9127LRV 32, #9E9985

Evergreen FogSherwin-Williams, SW 9130LRV 30, #95978A

More comparisons with Evergreen Fog

At Ease Soldier (SW 9127) is slightly lighter than Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) and warmer: LRV 32 vs 30, deltaE 4.2 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	At Ease Soldier	Evergreen Fog	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 9127	SW 9130
Hex	#9E9985	#95978A
RGB	158, 153, 133	149, 151, 138
HSL	48°, 11%, 57%	69°, 6%, 57%
LRV (light reflectance value)	32	30	+2
Lab L*	63.1	62.0	+1.2
Lab a*	-1.7	-3.2	+1.5
Lab b*	11.2	6.6	+4.6
Undertone	Warm Yellow	Gray-Green
Temperature	warm	cool
Color family	Beige	Green

Same paint, two kinds of light

At Ease Soldier (SW 9127), published as #9E9985

North light (cool, indirect)
#8E8F83

South light (warm, direct)
#AEA385

Evergreen Fog (SW 9130), published as #95978A

North light (cool, indirect)
#858D88

South light (warm, direct)
#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 At Ease Soldier (SW 9127) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 2 LRV points lighter (32 vs 30), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 6.6 against 11.2, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick At Ease Soldier (SW 9127) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 11.2), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to At Ease Soldier in other brands

Closest matches to Evergreen Fog in other brands

Common questions

Is At Ease Soldier the same color as Evergreen Fog?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 4.2. Most people can see the difference between At Ease Soldier and Evergreen Fog side by side.
Which is lighter, At Ease Soldier or Evergreen Fog?: At Ease Soldier, with an LRV of 32 against 30.

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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.