Sherwin-Williams Urbane Bronze#544F46 · LRV 8
Why this color. 2021 SW Color of the Year; the moody warm-charcoal that defined post-COVID dark walls.
Urbane Bronze reads as a red-orange / warm — very dark — reads black in most rooms. The notes below cover the spec, what Sherwin-Williams SW 7048 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Color spec
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
| Name | Urbane Bronze |
| SKU | SW 7048 |
| Hex | #544F46 |
| RGB | 84, 79, 70 |
| HSL | 39°, 9%, 30% |
| LRV | 8 |
| Undertone | red-orange / warm |
| Family | Gray |
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.
Closest matches at every US brand
9 brands · top 5 each5 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
Valspar
Behr
PPG / Glidden
Dunn-Edwards
Magnolia Home
Clare
Farrow & Ball
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #544F46 in HSL space. Pair Urbane Bronze with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
Accessibility (WCAG contrast)
WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.