Paint colors · Sherwin-Williams, as published by the brand

City Loft SW 7631: hex #DFDAD1, LRV and undertone

City Loft (SW 7631) from Sherwin-Williams is #DFDAD1 with an LRV of 70.468. It measures as warm neutral, yellow undertone; black text on it reaches 15.08:1.

By Paul Gunder. Every value is computed from published standards; see how ColorPlum works.

Updated November 11, 2026

Sherwin-WilliamsCity LoftSW 7631

Hex: #DFDAD1
RGB: 223, 218, 209
LRV: 70.468
Undertone: Warm neutral, yellow undertone

LRV 70.468. Light: a light wall color that still reads as a color.

A neutral with a yellow cast (OKLCH hue 82°, chroma 0.013). Expect the yellow to show more in warm evening light and next to cooler whites.

Coordinating colors Sherwin-Williams suggests

SnowboundSW 7004
Taupe ToneSW 7633
Connor's LakefrontSW 9060

Closest colors from other brands

ΔE is the CIEDE2000 difference between the published values: under 2 is hard to tell apart on a wall, 2 to 5 is a visible but related shade. Always compare real chips before you buy.

Name, code, LRV and color value as published by Sherwin-Williams on its color page (checked 2026-11-11). A screen can only approximate paint: sheen, lighting and the screen itself all change it, so check a physical sample. ColorPlum is not affiliated with Sherwin-Williams.

ColorPlum swatchCity Loftpale, grayish orange

HEX: #DFDAD1
RGB: rgb(223, 218, 209)
HSL: hsl(39, 18%, 85%)

Best text on it: black at 15.08:1

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City Loft#DFDAD1

Every code for City Loft

HEX#DFDAD1
RGBrgb(223, 218, 209)
HSLhsl(39, 18%, 85%)
HSV39°, 6%, 87%
CMYK0%, 2%, 6%, 13%
Lablab(87.3% 0.6 5.1)
OKLCHoklch(89% 0.013 82.4)
Decimal14670545

Tints, shades and tones

From white to black in 10% steps, with City Loft in the middle. Tap a code to copy it.

90%#FCFBFA
80%#F9F8F6
70%#F5F4F1
60%#F2F0ED
50%#EFEDE8
40%#ECE9E3
30%#E9E5DF
20%#E5E1DA
10%#E2DED6
Base#DFDAD1
10%#C9C4BC
20%#B2AEA7
30%#9C9992
40%#86837D
50%#706D69
60%#595754
70%#43413F
80%#2D2C2A
90%#161615

Tones (mixed with gray)

10%#D6D1C9
20%#CCC8C1
30%#C3BFB9
40%#B9B6B1
50%#B0ADA9
60%#A6A4A0
70%#9D9B98
80%#939290
90%#8A8988

Matching colors

Complementary

#DFDAD1
#D1D6DF

Analogous

#DFD3D1
#DFDAD1
#DDDFD1

Triadic

#DFDAD1
#D1DFDA
#DAD1DF

Split complementary

#DFDAD1
#D1DDDF
#D3D1DF

Tetradic (square)

#DFDAD1
#D1DFD3
#D1D6DF
#DFD1DD

Monochromatic

#A09177
#C0B6A4
#DFDAD1
#F7F5F3
#F7F5F3

City Loft in 3D color space

OKLab, the space ColorPlum does its math in: lightness runs up the pole, hue goes around it and saturation grows outward. The faint shell is every color a screen can show (saturation is drawn wider than lightness so hues separate). Drag to turn it.

City Loft with its complement, its triad and its tint and shade

City Loft
Triad #D1DFDA
Triad #DAD1DF
Complement
50% tint
50% shade

City Loft in use

New collectionAutumn edit

Card body text stays dark for reading; city loft carries the header and the button.

Shop nowTag

Headline in City Loft

A paragraph with a link in dark text, because this color is too light for text on white; use it for fills instead.

How it looks with color-vision deficiency

A simulation (Machado and colleagues, 2009) of how the color and its complement read without one type of cone.

Typical color vision#DFDAD1
Protanopia (no red cones)#DDDAD0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)#DEDBD1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)#E2D8D7

Contrast and readability

Pairing	Ratio	WCAG 2.2
as text on white	1.39:1	AA AA large AAA
as text on black	15.08:1	AA AA large AAA
white text on it	1.39:1	AA AA large AAA
black text on it	15.08:1	AA AA large AAA
on your background	1.21:1	AA AA large AAA

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Export

:root {
  --city-loft: #dfdad1;
  --city-loft-rgb: 223 218 209;
  --city-loft-on: #000000;
}

On this page

City Loft is Sherwin-Williams SW 7631, a pale stone color with the hex value #DFDAD1 and RGB 223, 218, 209. Three channels sitting that close together tell you the paint is almost gray, just tipped toward warm.

What the numbers say

The LRV is 70.468, which puts City Loft in the light band: it bounces back a large share of the light that lands on it while still looking like a color instead of a white. In HSL it is hsl(39, 18%, 85%), and in OKLCH it is oklch(89% 0.013 82.4). That chroma of 0.013 is small. Its undertone comes out warm and neutral, carrying a yellow cast, at an OKLCH hue of 82 degrees, and the yellow tends to surface under warm lamps or next to cooler whites.

At this lightness it works as an everyday wall color for rooms that need a soft, sandy background, and it rarely competes with furniture or art.

Worked example

Take a north-facing home office with one window, where daylight runs bluish and a bit flat. Painting the walls City Loft gives you a pale base that the yellow reading can warm up, so the room should feel less chilly than it would in a cool gray. Run the ceiling in Snowbound (SW 7004, hex #EDEAE5), one of the colors Sherwin-Williams pairs with it, and keep the trim in the same family so the edges stay quiet. If you add a desk lamp with a warm bulb in the evening, expect the walls to lean noticeably more toward cream than they do at noon.

Coordinating colors

Sherwin-Williams lists three companions for SW 7631. Snowbound is the only one with a page here. The other two are Taupe Tone (SW 7633) and Connor's Lakefront (SW 9060), and you will need to look those up on the brand site. Treat the list as a starting point for a palette, then check each chip against the real wall.

Neighbors in and out of the brand

Inside Sherwin-Williams, Shoji White (SW 7042) sits at ΔE 1.8, so you would have trouble telling the two apart once they are on a wall. White Duck (SW 7010) is 2.0 away and Natural Choice (SW 7011) is 2.3, both related but visible.

Across brands the matches are tighter. Benjamin Moore Pale Oak (OC-20) is ΔE 1.2 and Balboa Mist (1549) is 1.3. Behr Silver Drop (790C-2) is 1.5 and Benjamin Moore Classic Gray (OC-23) is 1.6. All four fall under 2. That is encouraging, but a number is not a guarantee, so hold real samples side by side in the room before you commit to a swap.

Type on this color

If you are borrowing the hex for a web page or a printed label, black text on #DFDAD1 measures 15.08:1, which clears the WCAG contrast minimum with room to spare. White text manages only 1.39:1 and should be avoided.