Sherwin Williams Minimalist SW 9611

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Minimalist for bedroom (5 photos)
What are Sherwin Williams Minimalist undertones?
Is Minimalist SW 9611 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Minimalist
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Minimalist SW 9611
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Minimalist SW 9611
Code:	SW 9611
Name:	Minimalist
Brand:	Sherwin Williams
Collections:	Emerald Designer Edition - Warm + Welcoming

What color is Sherwin Williams Minimalist?

Sherwin Williams Minimalist SW 9611 is a light, muted beige with a gentle warm cast and a softly weathered look. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overly yellow, while the slight grayness gives the color a quiet, grounded depth. In bright daylight, Minimalist can appear like a pale sand tone; under warmer lamps, its beige warmth becomes more noticeable. It suits living room walls, bedrooms, and open-plan spaces where a soft neutral is needed without the starkness of white. Pair it with creamy trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, charcoal accents, or brushed brass for an understated layered palette.

Minimalist for bedroom (5 photos)

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 Minimalist bedroom panelling color

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What are Sherwin Williams Minimalist undertones?

Minimalist is a mid-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:

#CABEAD

RGB code:

202, 190, 173

Is Sherwin Williams Minimalist cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 35°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

SW 9611 Minimalist HSL code: 35, 21%, 74%

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 Minimalist

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

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

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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7000K

Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams Minimalist:

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 Minimalist with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 215, such as Sherwin Williams Tarragon and Rain Cloud.

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LRV of Minimalist

Minimalist has an LRV of 52.36% 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 52.36%, 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	#cabead
RGB Decimal	202, 190, 173
RGB Percent	79.22%, 74.51%, 67.84%
HSV	Hue: 35° Saturation: 14.36% Value: 79.22%
HSL	hsl(35, 21, 74)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 5.94 Yellow: 14.36 Key: 20.78
YIQ	Y: 191.65 I: 12.614 Q: -2.752
XYZ	X: 50.312 Y: 52.401 Z: 46.988
CIE Lab	L:77.52 a:1.361 b:10.104
CIE Luv	L:77.52 u:8.147 v:14.343
Decimal	13287085
Hunter Lab	72.389, -2.618, 12.187