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Settled, side by side

Accessible Beige

Sherwin-Williams · SW 7036

Le Cygne

Ressource · R238

57.67
LRV
#D1C7B8
Hex
#F4F0E7
209 · 199 · 184
RGB
244 · 240 · 231
Warm
Warmth
Warm
Warm greige with a soft brown-gold base
Undertone
Soft ivory; a plaster white with a little cream and no yellow
Beige
Family
White
Collection
Ressource Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read warm. Accessible Beige is a beige, Le Cygne a white.

How they read

In their own words

Accessible Beige (SW 7036) leans further into beige than most greiges, with a soft brown-gold base that reads warm and grounded. At an LRV near 58 it's a hair deeper than Agreeable Gray, giving rooms a cozier, more traditional feel.

Le Cygne — the swan — is a warm, matte ivory from the French house Ressource. It has the chalky, light-absorbing quality of old lime plaster, which is why it looks so at home on Haussmann paneling and ceiling roses: it softens the light rather than bouncing it around. Cream is present, yellow is not.

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