Agreeable Gray

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Agreeable Gray (SW 7029) is hex #D1CBC1 with an estimated LRV of 60.1, and it sits in our gray family. Two colors share its exact hex: Dutch Boy Doves Wings (443-1DB) and Valspar Heritage Gray (7007-24). Behr Toasty Gray (N320-2), PPG Whiskers (1025-3), Benjamin Moore Wish (AF-680) and Farrow & Ball Cornforth White (228) are nearly identical digital matches. Its most-compared Sherwin-Williams neighbors are Repose Gray (SW 7015, LRV 58.4), a slightly darker gray, and Accessible Beige (SW 7036, LRV 57.9), which falls in the beige family instead. Mindful Gray (SW 7016, LRV 47.6) is the deeper step on the same base, and Alabaster (SW 7008, LRV 82.2) is the trim white our guides pair with it. Digital matches are not paint samples, so test in your room before switching brands.

Agreeable Gray is the color that made “greige” a household word — a gray with just enough warm beige in it to avoid the cold, steely look that dated the all-gray era. At LRV 60 it sits right in the middle of the light scale, which is the practical reason it works almost everywhere: bright enough to keep a north-facing room from going gloomy, soft enough that a sunny south room doesn't blow it out to near-white.

The honest caveat: that same middle-of-the-road quality means Agreeable Gray reads slightly different in every house. In strong warm light it leans taupe; under cool LED or heavy north light its faint green-violet base can surface. Pair it with a crisp white trim like Pure White rather than a creamy one — a too-warm trim makes the walls look dingy by comparison. If you want the same look without a Sherwin-Williams store, Behr Toasty Gray and Benjamin Moore Wish are nearly identical, and Valspar Heritage Gray is a nearly identical match at Lowe's.