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DUNN-EDWARDS · DE6348

Dunn-Edwards Draw Your Sword#6C7179 · LRV 16

Draw Your Sword reads as a blue / cool — dark — high drama, needs strong daylight or warm bulbs. The notes below cover the spec, what Dunn-Edwards DE6348 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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DUNN-EDWARDS DRAW YOUR SWORD
RGB 108, 113, 121 LRV 16

Color spec

Brand Dunn-Edwards
Name Draw Your Sword
SKU DE6348
Hex #6C7179
RGB 108, 113, 121
HSL 217°, 6%, 45%
LRV 16
Undertone blue / cool
Family Gray

About Dunn-Edwards Draw Your Sword

With an LRV of 16, Draw Your Sword is a deep, dramatic shade. It soaks up light in north-facing rooms and looks richest where strong daylight hits it. Because it carries almost no measurable hue, it stays a true neutral and pairs cleanly with nearly any trim or floor. Warm artificial light softens it; cool LED can make it look flat, so match your bulbs to the mood you want.

Draw Your Sword works best as a feature — a single wall, built-ins, a study or dining room — rather than wrapping a whole bright space. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Dolphin Dream
SKU 0521 · #6B6F78 · LRV 16
ΔE 1.13 (near-perfect)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all gray from that brand.

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.05
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
2125-30
#6D7378
Gray Shower
ΔE 2.05 · LRV 18
1608
#696D72
Ashland Slate
ΔE 2.21 · LRV 16
1623
#67737C
Britannia Blue
ΔE 3.15 · LRV 18
1602
#6A6F70
Gunmetal
ΔE 4.15 · LRV 17
1595
#6C7171
Rocky Coast
ΔE 4.63 · LRV 17

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.66
All gray at Behr →
PPU18-03
#6E7174
Antique Tin
ΔE 2.66 · LRV 16
PPU18-3
#6E7174
Antique Tin
ΔE 2.66 · LRV 16
MQ5-28
#6B7174
Dawn Gray
ΔE 3.08 · LRV 16
QE-61
#6B7275
Rich Pewter
ΔE 3.35 · LRV 16
BNC-30
#6D6F7E
Enigmatic
ΔE 4.38 · LRV 16

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.69
All gray at Valspar →
8004-47E
#6D6F7A
Purple Funk
ΔE 2.69 · LRV 16
V114-2
#6C767C
Tinman
ΔE 3.41 · LRV 17.6
4007-2B
#687276
Iron Frost
ΔE 3.89 · LRV 16.2
4008-2B
#6B7071
Almost Charcoal
ΔE 4.07 · LRV 15.9
8004-34F
#697473
Adrift at Sea
ΔE 6.64 · LRV 17

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.88
All gray at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7665
#656D73
Wall Street
ΔE 2.88 · LRV 15
SW 6263
#736F78
Exclusive Plum
ΔE 5.1 · LRV 16
SW 7624
#606E74
Slate Tile
ΔE 5.1 · LRV 15
SW 7629
#786E70
Grapy
ΔE 7.94 · LRV 16
SW 6222
#5D7274
Riverway
ΔE 8.6 · LRV 16

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.93
All gray at PPG / Glidden →
1011-5
#6E7376
Improbable
ΔE 2.93 · LRV 17
1041-6
#6B7680
Sheffield Gray
ΔE 3.04 · LRV 18
1039-6
#656E72
In The Shadows
ΔE 3.86 · LRV 15
1012-6
#6F7678
Volcanic Ash
ΔE 4.23 · LRV 18
1171-6
#6E6F82
Old Mill Blue
ΔE 6.31 · LRV 16

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.29
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-86
#616F74
Storm Chaser
ΔE 5.29 · LRV 15
JG-03
#617373
Duke Gray
ΔE 8.33 · LRV 16
JG-79
#607577
Demo Day
ΔE 8.53 · LRV 17
JG-159
#737268
Estate
ΔE 10.14 · LRV 17
JG-10
#6B7970
Luxe
ΔE 11.26 · LRV 18

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.21
All gray at Backdrop →
BD-MJ
#5A6E7E
Mom Jeans
ΔE 6.21 · LRV 18
BD-HF
#7C8478
Hartford
ΔE 13.22 · LRV 22
BD-OS
#7E7C5C
Old Soul
ΔE 19.22 · LRV 18
BD-BA
#7C5F47
Buenos Aires
ΔE 19.47 · LRV 14
BD-TS
#7C5F47
Two Step
ΔE 19.47 · LRV 14

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 7.25
All gray at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 26
#626664
Down Pipe
ΔE 7.25 · LRV 13
NO. 299
#6A7C80
De Nimes
ΔE 7.56 · LRV 19
NO. 220
#636E8F
Pitch Blue
ΔE 9.94 · LRV 16
NO. 244
#786963
London Clay
ΔE 11.39 · LRV 15
NO. 47
#737C70
Green Smoke
ΔE 12.11 · LRV 19

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 9.32
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-MD-57
#5B6682
Blue'd Up
ΔE 9.32 · LRV 13
PNT100-DP-33
#706473
Prince
ΔE 10.5 · LRV 14
PNT100-DP-51
#5A6964
Current Mood
ΔE 10.55 · LRV 13
PNT100-DP-53
#726460
Coffee Date
ΔE 11.19 · LRV 14
PNT100-DP-66
#767665
Field Trip
ΔE 13.45 · LRV 18

Similar Dunn-Edwards colors

closest in the Dunn-Edwards deck

The nearest shades to Draw Your Sword within Dunn-Edwards's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

DE6341
Vulcan
LRV 17
DEC799
Wharf View
LRV 17
DE6334
Long Lake
LRV 17
DEC797
Battleship Gray
LRV 17
DE6383
Bank Vault
LRV 17
DE6320
Pike Lake
LRV 18

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #6C7179 in HSL space. Pair Draw Your Sword with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#6C7179 + #79746C
TRIADIC
#6C7179 · #796C71 · #71796C
ANALOGOUS
#6C7779 · #6C7179 · #6D6C79

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
4.91:1 AA
Sample text on black
4.28:1 AA Large

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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