Sherwin Williams Special Gray color comparison

Compare Sherwin Williams Special Gray with other colors. Understand the differences in hue, saturation, lightness, and value.

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Sherwin Williams
Special Gray
SW 6277

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Hue

276

Saturation

Lightness

?Simple 0–100% measure derived from the min/max of the sRGB channels. It is not aligned with human visual perception - use CIE L* for perceptual lightness.

LRV

?Light Reflectance Value measures the percentage of light reflected by a color. It ranges from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (pure white, all light reflected).

19.24

CIE L

?Perceptual lightness.
Lightness value from CIE Lab color space.
Values from 0 (black) to 100 (diffuse white)

50.833

Color difference ΔE*₀₀

?CIE color difference.
Smaller is closer:
~0–1 (imperceptible),
1–2 (just noticeable),
2–5 (small difference),
5–10 (clear),
more than 10 (very different).

Temperature:

Neutral

SW 6277

Special Gray

Sherwin Williams

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