Cultured Pearl
SW 6028 · #E5DCD6 · LRV 73 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Cultured Pearl, Really?
Cultured Pearl reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 6028 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cultured Pearl
Cultured Pearl is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. As a white, it's a natural for trim, ceilings and cabinets, and a clean backdrop for art.
How Lighting Changes Cultured Pearl
At LRV 73, Cultured Pearl is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Cultured Pearl are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Sherwin-Williams SW 6028 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behr | PatiencePR-W11 · Behr | 0.6 | 73 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Pampas Grass2110-60 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 73 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Ballroom Belle7001-9 · Valspar | 1.7 | 73.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Sea AnemonePPG1056-1 · PPG / Glidden | 2.0 | 72 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Heatherbelle90YR 73/029 · Glidden | 1.5 | 73 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Blanched Fuchsia347-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.3 | 72 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Cultured Pearl within Sherwin-Williams's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #E5DCD6 in HSL space. Pair Cultured Pearl with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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