Sherwin Williams Balanced Beige SW 7037

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Balanced Beige for bedroom (1 photo)
Sherwin Williams SW 7037 on kitchen cabinets (2 photos)
Balanced Beige for exterior (7 photos)
Sherwin Williams Balanced Beige reviews (20 photos)
What are Sherwin Williams Balanced Beige undertones?
Is Balanced Beige SW 7037 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Balanced Beige
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Balanced Beige SW 7037
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Balanced Beige SW 7037
Code:	SW 7037
Name:	Balanced Beige
Brand:	Sherwin Williams
Collections:	Top 50 Colors, Living Well, Diaphanous, Senior Living Cool Foundations, Acute Care Cool Foundations, Pottery Barn

What color is Sherwin Williams Balanced Beige?

Sherwin Williams Balanced Beige SW 7037 is a mid-tone neutral with noticeable taupe and soft gray undertones, giving it more depth than a standard tan. It reads earthy and slightly muted rather than yellow, much like weathered stone warmed by the sun. In bright daylight it can appear lighter and more greige, while north-facing rooms may bring out its cooler gray side; lamps and evening light tend to reveal its warmer beige base. Use it on living room, hallway, or open-plan walls when you want a grounded backdrop that does not feel stark. Balanced Beige pairs naturally with creamy warm whites, oak or walnut furniture, linen upholstery, aged brass, and charcoal or deep green accents.

Balanced Beige for bedroom

We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing beige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm mid-tone paint color could transform your own bedroom space.

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Sherwin Williams SW 7037 on kitchen cabinets (2 photos)

Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm beige hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.

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Balanced Beige for exterior (7 photos)

Looking for a fresh new look for your house exterior or starting from skretch? We’ve collected pictures of real-life homes that have been painted with this warm beige hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.

Sherwin Williams Balanced Beige Exterior

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Sherwin Williams Balanced Beige reviews (20 photos)

View the photos of real spaces painted with this beige that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.

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Sherwin Williams Balanced Beige Living Room

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What are Sherwin Williams Balanced Beige undertones?

Balanced Beige reads as a mid-light, very muted beige-neutral with a soft orange-leaning warmth in the supplied digital sample. Its subtle red and yellow bias can make it look gently warm rather than gray or cool, though the undertone is faint and can shift with surrounding colors and lighting. Sherwin-Williams classifies it as a Neutral, which fits its restrained beige character rather than identifying a specific undertone. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its beige warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear more subdued and slightly grayer.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#C0B2A2

RGB code:

192, 178, 162

Is Sherwin Williams Balanced Beige cool or warm?

warm

cool

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

SW 7037 Balanced Beige HSL code: 32, 19%, 69%

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 Balanced Beige

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

Sunrise

Morning

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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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams Balanced Beige:

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

SW 7037
Balanced Beige

Darker shades

SW 7037
Balanced Beige

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 Balanced Beige 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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Balanced Beige

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LRV of Balanced Beige

Balanced Beige has an LRV of 45.6% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half 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 45.6%, 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

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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#c0b2a2
RGB Decimal	192, 178, 162
RGB Percent	75.29%, 69.80%, 63.53%
HSV	Hue: 32° Saturation: 15.63% Value: 75.29%
HSL	hsl(32, 19, 69)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 7.29 Yellow: 15.63 Key: 24.71
YIQ	Y: 180.362 I: 13.484 Q: -2.018
XYZ	X: 44.179 Y: 45.657 Z: 40.658
CIE Lab	L:73.322 a:2.305 b:9.983
CIE Luv	L:73.322 u:9.358 v:13.838
Decimal	12628642
Hunter Lab	67.57, -1.538, 11.623