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

Snowbound SW 7004: hex #EDEAE5, LRV and undertone

Snowbound (SW 7004) is a Sherwin-Williams white at #EDEAE5 with an LRV of 82.771. It measures as a true neutral, with OKLCH chroma of only 0.007.

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

Updated November 11, 2026

Sherwin-WilliamsSnowboundSW 7004

Hex: #EDEAE5
RGB: 237, 234, 229
LRV: 82.771
Undertone: True neutral

LRV 82.771. Very light: brightens a room and works on ceilings and trim.

Almost no undertone (chroma 0.007): it reads as a clean white in most light.

Coordinating colors Sherwin-Williams suggests

Colonnade GraySW 7641
Autumn OrchidSW 9157

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 swatchSnowboundpale, grayish orange

HEX: #EDEAE5
RGB: rgb(237, 234, 229)
HSL: hsl(37, 18%, 91%)

Best text on it: black at 17.50:1

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Snowbound#EDEAE5

Every code for Snowbound

HEX#EDEAE5
RGBrgb(237, 234, 229)
HSLhsl(37, 18%, 91%)
HSV37°, 3%, 93%
CMYK0%, 1%, 3%, 7%
Lablab(92.8% 0.4 2.8)
OKLCHoklch(93.8% 0.007 80.7)
Decimal15592165

Tints, shades and tones

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

90%#FDFDFC
80%#FBFBFA
70%#FAF9F7
60%#F8F7F5
50%#F6F5F2
40%#F4F2EF
30%#F2F0ED
20%#F1EEEA
10%#EFECE8
Base#EDEAE5
10%#D5D3CE
20%#BEBBB7
30%#A6A4A0
40%#8E8C89
50%#777573
60%#5F5E5C
70%#474645
80%#2F2F2E
90%#181717

Tones (mixed with gray)

10%#E2DFDB
20%#D7D5D1
30%#CCCAC7
40%#C1C0BD
50%#B7B5B3
60%#ACAAA8
70%#A1A09E
80%#969594
90%#8B8B8A

Matching colors

Complementary

#EDEAE5
#E5E8ED

Analogous

#EDE6E5
#EDEAE5
#ECEDE5

Triadic

#EDEAE5
#E5EDEA
#EAE5ED

Split complementary

#EDEAE5
#E5ECED
#E6E5ED

Tetradic (square)

#EDEAE5
#E5EDE6
#E5E8ED
#EDE5EC

Monochromatic

#AEA18B
#CEC5B8
#EDEAE5
#F7F5F3
#F7F5F3

Snowbound 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.

Snowbound with its complement, its triad and its tint and shade

Snowbound
Triad #E5EDEA
Triad #EAE5ED
Complement
50% tint
50% shade

Snowbound in use

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

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Headline in Snowbound

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#EDEAE5
Protanopia (no red cones)#EBEAE5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)#ECEBE5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)#EFE9E9

Contrast and readability

Pairing	Ratio	WCAG 2.2
as text on white	1.19:1	AA AA large AAA
as text on black	17.50:1	AA AA large AAA
white text on it	1.19:1	AA AA large AAA
black text on it	17.50:1	AA AA large AAA
on your background	1.04:1	AA AA large AAA

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Export

:root {
  --snowbound: #edeae5;
  --snowbound-rgb: 237 234 229;
  --snowbound-on: #000000;
}

On this page

Snowbound is Sherwin-Williams SW 7004, a pale white written as #EDEAE5 in hex and rgb(237, 234, 229) in RGB. Its light reflectance value is 82.771, which puts it in the very light band, and its undertone barely registers.

What the numbers say

The HSL reading is hsl(37, 18%, 91%) and the OKLCH reading is oklch(93.8% 0.007 80.7). Lightness near 94% is what you would expect from a white, but the chroma figure is the interesting part. At 0.007 there is almost nothing pulling the color toward yellow, green or blue, so Snowbound measures as a true neutral white rather than a creamy one. The file lists no collection for it.

An LRV of 82.771 means the paint reflects most of the light that lands on it. That is the useful number for ceilings, trim and small rooms that need every bit of bounce.

Neighbors worth sampling

Inside Sherwin-Williams, the closest relative is Pure White SW 7005 at a difference of 1.3. Under 2 means you will struggle to tell the two apart on a wall. Greek Villa SW 7551 sits at 2.2 and Alabaster SW 7008 at 2.3, so those are related but visibly different once they are side by side.

Across brands, Benjamin Moore White Dove OC-17 is 2.4 away, Swiss Coffee OC-45 is 2.8, and Classic Gray OC-23 is 2.9. Treat all of those as cousins, not twins, and hold real samples next to each other before ordering.

Worked example

Picture a north-facing home office with a narrow window and a gray-brown floor. You want walls that read as clean and quiet, and you want the crown and baseboards to disappear into them. Snowbound on all three surfaces keeps the room bright because of that 82.771 LRV, and the near-zero chroma means the cool north light has little color to push around.

For a pop of contrast, the brand lists Colonnade Gray (SW 7641) and Autumn Orchid (SW 9157) as coordinating colors. Neither has a page here yet, so treat them as names to sample. A built-in bookcase in one of them, against Snowbound walls, would give the room a clear focal point without any extra trim colors.

If the same hex ends up on a website, black text on it measures 17.50:1, which clears the WCAG body-text minimum by a wide margin. White text manages only 1.19:1 and would be unreadable. The contrast grid lets you check other pairings quickly.

Reading the undertone

The file describes this one as almost no undertone, a clean white in most light. That does not mean it looks identical everywhere. Beside a warmer white it will look cooler, and beside a cooler one it may look softer. Judge it on the actual wall, during the part of the day when the room gets its heaviest use.