Bateau Brown
Bateau Brown is a genuinely dark Red from Sherwin-Williams. Our real-world data shows it is a primary choice when homeowners need to anchor a room without demanding the spotlight. Below, you'll find 5 examples of this shade in actual homes along with suggested color relationships.
Hex
#7A5F5A
LRV
13.06
Bateau Brown's Color Strip
Bateau Brown is the sixth shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Dutch Cocoa and Arresting Auburn. The strip spans from White Truffle at the lightest end to Arresting Auburn at the deepest. As part of strip 192, these colors are curated to work together — helpful when you're deciding how light or deep to go.
Bateau Brown in Real Rooms
Bateau Brown has a low LRV of 13.06 — it absorbs light and reads as a genuinely dark, enveloping color. It's neutral in temperature and , making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Red family, the photos below show it applied in a bathroom.
5 Bathroom Photos
Small bathrooms amplify whatever color is on the wall, which makes the choice more consequential than it first appears. Bateau Brown has enough depth to register without closing the room in, and it plays well with white subway tile or warm wood accents.
Bathroom walls painted Bateau Brown deliver warmth and understated sophistication.
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Bathroom color in Bateau Brown establishes a calming, earthy foundation.
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Bateau Brown bathroom walls create an enveloping, spa-like environment.
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Bathroom surfaces in Bateau Brown provide rich, grounding visual warmth.
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Bateau Brown brings cozy elegance to this thoughtfully designed bathroom.
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Coordinating Colors
Cultured Pearl reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 13), opening up a space where Bateau Brown encloses it.
Ginger Root reflects far more light (LRV 50 vs 13), opening up a space where Bateau Brown encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 15 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Trim Color
Cultured Pearl reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 13), opening up a space where Bateau Brown encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 14 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 13 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 13 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 16 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 12), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 13 vs 13), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 16 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 13 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 15 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 73 vs 13, Mountain Air is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 53 vs 13, Niebla Azul is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Lake reflects far more light (LRV 53 vs 13), opening up a space where Bateau Brown encloses it.
With LRVs of 16 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Glass Bead reflects far more light (LRV 77 vs 13), opening up a space where Bateau Brown encloses it.
At LRV 29 vs 13, Morning at Sea is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (13 vs 6) makes Bateau Brown the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
At LRV 27 vs 13, Rosaline Pearl is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (18 vs 13) makes Dutch Cocoa the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 27 vs 13, Cocoa Berry is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (20 vs 13) makes Mulberry Silk the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 27 vs 13, Velvety Chestnut is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
A 9-point LRV gap (13 vs 4) makes Bateau Brown the marginally brighter of the two.
A 9-point LRV gap (13 vs 4) makes Bateau Brown the marginally brighter of the two.