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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS · SW 2844

Sherwin-Williams Roycroft Mist Gray#C2BDB1 · LRV 51

Roycroft Mist Gray reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Sherwin-Williams SW 2844 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS ROYCROFT MIST GRAY
RGB 194, 189, 177 LRV 51

Color spec

Brand Sherwin-Williams
Name Roycroft Mist Gray
SKU SW 2844
Hex #C2BDB1
RGB 194, 189, 177
HSL 42°, 12%, 73%
LRV 51
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Neutral

About Sherwin-Williams Roycroft Mist Gray

At LRV 51, Roycroft Mist Gray 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.

Roycroft Mist Gray 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.

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
Chintz
SKU 0573 · #C0BBAE · LRV 50
ΔE 0.71 (imperceptible)
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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 neutral from that brand.

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.52
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
861
#C3BDB1
Shale
ΔE 0.52 · LRV 50
1486
#C1BFB1
Winterwood
ΔE 1.99 · LRV
CSP-170
#C5BEAD
Greenwich Gate
ΔE 2.06 · LRV
CW-50
#C5BEAD
Tyler Gray
ΔE 2.06 · LRV
2141-50
#BFC0B1
Horizon Gray
ΔE 3.56 · LRV

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.92
All neutral at Valspar →
8006-2D
#C1BBB0
Ask Me Anything
ΔE 0.92 · LRV 50
M111
#C7C2B4
Feathers of a Dove
ΔE 1.52 · LRV 53.9
8004-26C
#C0BDAE
Mother Nature
ΔE 1.88 · LRV 51
8004-27B
#BCBCAE
Wharf Wind
ΔE 2.94 · LRV 50
2005-10B
#CCB9AC
Dust Bunny
ΔE 6.64 · LRV 50.7

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.26
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 275
#C4BEB4
Purbeck Stone
ΔE 1.26 · LRV 52
NO. 283
#C9BEAB
Drop Cloth
ΔE 3.41 · LRV 52
NO. 266
#C0C2B3
Mizzle
ΔE 4.06 · LRV 53
NO. 229
#CCBFB3
Elephant's Breath
ΔE 4.14 · LRV 53
NO. 22
#B8BCB5
Light Blue
ΔE 4.59 · LRV 49

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.48
All neutral at Behr →
PPU8-17
#C5C0B1
Fortress Stone
ΔE 1.48 · LRV 53
HDC-FL13-10
#C2BBAB
Wilderness Gray
ΔE 1.77 · LRV 50
N220-3
#BCBBAE
Smokestack
ΔE 2.34 · LRV 49
QE-50
#BFBFBA
Gull Gray
ΔE 3.61 · LRV 52
PPU5-13
#CABDAF
Creamy Mushroom
ΔE 3.8 · LRV 52

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.1
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
1032-2
#BDBBAD
Hurricane Haze
ΔE 2.1 · LRV 49
1023-3
#C9BFB2
Ashen
ΔE 2.54 · LRV 53
15-25
#C8BCAB
Stonington
ΔE 3.39 · LRV 51
1019-3
#C6BAAF
Legendary
ΔE 3.78 · LRV 50
1031-2
#BEC0B0
Misty Meadow
ΔE 4.2 · LRV 52

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.43
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-109
#C5BBAC
Solid Wood
ΔE 2.43 · LRV 50
JG-133
#C6BBB2
Cinnamon Sugar
ΔE 3.85 · LRV 51
JG-123
#BBBDB9
Day-to-day
ΔE 4.51 · LRV 50
JG-06
#B9BFB5
Americana Egg
ΔE 5.24 · LRV 51
JG-56
#BEC3B2
Clean Lines
ΔE 5.68 · LRV 53

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.3
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DEC795
#C3C0BB
Gray Pearl
ΔE 3.3 · LRV 53
DE6234
#C5C0AC
Serene Thought
ΔE 3.35 · LRV 53
DEC752
#CCBEAC
Birchwood
ΔE 4.28 · LRV 53
DE6059
#C5B9B4
Chocolate Milk
ΔE 5.85 · LRV 50
DEC782
#B9C3B3
Belize Green
ΔE 7.42 · LRV 53

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.68
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-13
#C2B8B2
Greige
ΔE 4.68 · LRV 49
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 5.03 · LRV 54
PNT100-MD-48
#B5B9A6
Money Moves
ΔE 5.96 · LRV 47
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 7.26 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-37
#B1C6CA
Summer Friday
ΔE 12.03 · LRV 54

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.93
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 4.93 · LRV 65
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 10.79 · LRV 60
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 11.95 · LRV 41
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 13.93 · LRV 53
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 16.38 · LRV 51

Similar Sherwin-Williams colors

closest in the Sherwin-Williams deck

The nearest shades to Roycroft Mist Gray within Sherwin-Williams's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

SW 6184
Austere Gray
LRV 51
SW 1015
Skyline Steel
LRV 53
SW 6191
Contented
LRV 52
SW 7065
Argos
LRV 51
SW 9173
Shiitake
LRV 51
SW 7641
Colonnade Gray
LRV 53

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C2BDB1 in HSL space. Pair Roycroft Mist Gray with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C2BDB1 + #B1B6C2
TRIADIC
#C2BDB1 · #B1C2BD · #BDB1C2
ANALOGOUS
#C2B5B1 · #C2BDB1 · #BEC2B1

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.87:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.21:1 AAA

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

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