Sherwin Williams Escape Gray SW 6185
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- Escape Gray for bedroom (5 photos)
- Escape Gray for living room (5 photos)
- Sherwin Williams Escape Gray for bathroom (4 photos)
- Sherwin Williams SW 6185 on kitchen cabinets (3 photos)
- Escape Gray for exterior (13 photos)
- Sherwin Williams Escape Gray reviews (5 photos)
- What are Sherwin Williams Escape Gray undertones?
- Is Escape Gray SW 6185 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Escape Gray
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Escape Gray SW 6185
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Escape Gray SW 6185 |
| Code: | SW 6185 |
| Name: | Escape Gray |
| Brand: | Sherwin Williams |
| Collections: | Living Well - Unwind |
What color is Sherwin Williams Escape Gray?
Sherwin Williams Escape Gray SW 6185 is a softened gray with a muted olive-beige cast that keeps it from reading cold or steely. Its light-to-medium depth gives walls quiet definition without making a room feel heavily shaded. In warm daylight or alongside cream trim, Escape Gray can lean more toward weathered khaki, while cooler light brings out its subtle green-gray side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and cabinetry paired with warm whites, natural oak, aged brass, linen, and charcoal accents. Use this color where you want a restrained neutral that has more character than a standard gray.
Escape Gray for bedroom (5 photos)
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing green 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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Escape Gray for living room (5 photos)
Check out this stunning mid-tone color used in real living rooms. Explore how this green shade can create a unique space
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Sherwin Williams SW 6185 for bathroom (4 photos)
Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm mid-tone green real bathrooms.
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Sherwin Williams SW 6185 on kitchen cabinets (3 photos)
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm green hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Escape Gray for exterior (13 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 green hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.
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Sherwin Williams Escape Gray reviews (5 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this green that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.
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What are Sherwin Williams Escape Gray undertones?
Escape Gray reads as a mid-light, very muted gray-green with low saturation and a soft yellow-leaning cast. The subtle green bias is visible, though it remains close to gray rather than looking distinctly green. Sherwin-Williams classifies Escape Gray as a green paint color, which fits its overall gray-green appearance without making the green feel strong. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its yellowed softness, while cool daylight can make the gray-green character appear cleaner and slightly more restrained.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
171, 172, 159
Is Sherwin Williams Escape Gray cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 65°, this Green leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
SW 6185 Escape Gray HSL code: 65, 7%, 65%
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 Escape Gray
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
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 Green shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams Escape Gray:
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 6185
Escape Gray
Darker shades
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 Escape Gray with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 245, such as Sherwin Williams Purple Passage and Elation.
LRV of Escape Gray
Escape Gray has an LRV of 40.59% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident light. Why LRV is important?
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 40.59%, 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 | #abac9f |
| RGB Decimal | 171, 172, 159 |
| RGB Percent | 67.06%, 67.45%, 62.35% |
| HSV | Hue: 65° Saturation: 7.56% Value: 67.45% |
| HSL | hsl(65, 7, 65) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.58 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 7.56 Key: 32.55 |
| YIQ | Y: 170.219 I: 3.582 Q: -4.257 |
| XYZ | X: 37.804 Y: 40.666 Z: 38.649 |
| CIE Lab | L:69.942 a:-2.73 b:6.566 |
| CIE Luv | L:69.942 u:0.138 v:9.889 |
| Decimal | 11250847 |
| Hunter Lab | 63.77, -5.781, 8.705 |
Color equivalents
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Cape May Cobblestone
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Still Gray
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Simply Sage
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Oyster Bay
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Sea Haze
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