Sherwin Williams Alpaca SW 7022

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Alpaca for bedroom (2 photos)
Alpaca for living room (2 photos)
Sherwin Williams Alpaca reviews (17 photos)
What are Sherwin Williams Alpaca undertones?
Is Alpaca SW 7022 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Alpaca
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Alpaca SW 7022
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Alpaca SW 7022
Code:	SW 7022
Name:	Alpaca
Brand:	Sherwin Williams
Collections:	Living Well - Center, Top 50 Colors, Diaphanous, Trendsetter

What color is Sherwin Williams Alpaca?

Sherwin Williams Alpaca SW 7022 is a light, muted greige with a soft beige cast and a noticeable gray foundation. Its low saturation keeps it from looking overly tan, while the warm-leaning undertone prevents it from feeling stark or icy. In bright daylight, Alpaca can appear pale and lightly taupe; under warmer interior lighting, its beige notes tend to come forward. It is well suited to living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and open-plan walls where a quiet neutral is needed without the crispness of a true gray. Pair this shade with off-white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, brushed brass, or deeper charcoal accents for contrast.

Alpaca for bedroom (2 photos)

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Alpaca for living room (2 photos)

Check out this stunning mid-tone color used in real living rooms. Explore how this grey shade can create a unique space

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Sherwin Williams Alpaca reviews (17 photos)

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What are Sherwin Williams Alpaca undertones?

Alpaca is a light, very muted sandy beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.

HEX value:

#CCC5BD

RGB code:

204, 197, 189

Is Sherwin Williams Alpaca cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 32°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

SW 7022 Alpaca HSL code: 32, 13%, 77%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Alpaca

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams Alpaca:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

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Darker shades

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Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Alpaca with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 212, such as Sherwin Williams Mount Etna and Debonair.

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LRV of Alpaca

Alpaca has an LRV of 56.53% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 56.53%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft² living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#ccc5bd
RGB Decimal	204, 197, 189
RGB Percent	80.00%, 77.25%, 74.12%
HSV	Hue: 32° Saturation: 7.35% Value: 80.0%
HSL	hsl(32, 13, 77)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.43 Yellow: 7.35 Key: 20.0
YIQ	Y: 198.181 I: 6.742 Q: -1.009
XYZ	X: 54.052 Y: 56.444 Z: 56.178
CIE Lab	L:79.866 a:1.032 b:4.876
CIE Luv	L:79.866 u:4.53 v:7.021
Decimal	13419965
Hunter Lab	75.13, -3.056, 8.257