Color Swatch LabSherwin-Williams · SW 7016
Mindful Gray
A medium Neutral with a manufacturer LRV of 47.698. The nearest color in another brand, by color distance, is Benjamin Moore Coventry Gray (delta E 4.05). That is not an official match.
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Nearest colors in other brands
Nearest means the smallest CIEDE2000 distance between CIELAB values converted from the manufacturer-published hex. It is not an official brand equivalent and it is not a spectrophotometer reading of the paint. Calculated from this hex, b* is 5.7, which reads fairly neutral on a screen. That calculation is not a manufacturer undertone. How we match.
Coordinating palette
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
- Anew GraySherwin-Williams · SW 7030ΔE 1.93
- AlpacaSherwin-Williams · SW 7022ΔE 4.14
- Repose GraySherwin-Williams · SW 7015ΔE 4.66
- Accessible BeigeSherwin-Williams · SW 7036ΔE 5.06
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Questions
- What is the LRV of Sherwin-Williams Mindful Gray?
- Sherwin-Williams publishes an LRV of 47.698 for Mindful Gray (SW 7016). LRV means light reflectance value, on a 0 to 100 scale. This figure is copied from the brand's color page, retrieved 2026-10-30.
- What is the hex code for Sherwin-Williams Mindful Gray?
- Sherwin-Williams publishes #BCB7AD for Mindful Gray (SW 7016). RGB and CIELAB on this page are calculated from that hex. They describe the screen color, not a spectrophotometer reading of the paint.
- What is the Benjamin Moore equivalent of Sherwin-Williams Mindful Gray?
- Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore do not publish an official equivalent for this pair. The nearest Benjamin Moore color in this set, by CIEDE2000 color distance on the manufacturer-published hex values, is Coventry Gray (HC-169), at delta E 4.05. That is a screen-color distance, not a match of the liquid paint, and the two can look different on a wall.
- What is the Behr equivalent of Sherwin-Williams Mindful Gray?
- Sherwin-Williams and Behr do not publish an official equivalent for this pair. The nearest Behr color in this set, by CIEDE2000 color distance on the manufacturer-published hex values, is Tranquil Gray (DC-007), at delta E 5.12. That is a screen-color distance, not a match of the liquid paint, and the two can look different on a wall.
Hex and LRV copied from Sherwin-Williams color page for Mindful Gray SW 7016 · https://www.sherwin-williams.com/sherwinwilliams/SW7016-mindfulgray · retrieved 2026-10-30