Rare Gray
Sherwin-Williams's Rare Gray is a green shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. An LRV of 37.8 places it through the middle of the scale, where color and depth can remain visible as the light changes. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#A6A69B
LRV
37.75
Rare Gray's Color Strip
Rare Gray is the third shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Sensible Hue and Cornwall Slate. The strip spans from Aloof Gray at the lightest end to Cast Iron at the deepest. Strip 216 puts these related shades in sequence, making it simple to find the tone that suits your room.
Rare Gray in Rooms
Follow Rare Gray from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 5 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Kitchen Photo
Its place within Midnight Mystery hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit. In this setting, let daylight, task lighting and evening pendants and stone, timber, tile and metal finishes guide the final sample decision.
Kitchen cabinets finished in Rare Gray create a modern, understated elegance.
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1 Misc Photo
Rare Gray (6199) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its neutral temperature gives the surrounding palette unusual influence over the final mood. Test it under the varied light of hallways, corners and transitional rooms.
Rare Gray walls establish a neutral backdrop with subtle warm undertones.
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2 Bathroom Photos
2 sourced room photos give the gallery a lived-in point of reference. Together they show Rare Gray (6199) as inspiration rather than a promise of an identical result.
The bathroom vanity in Rare Gray provides clean, contemporary styling.
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Cabinetry dressed in Rare Gray balances sophistication with everyday practicality.
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1 House Photo
1 house image place Rare Gray (6199) in an exterior viewed across distance, weather and the changing sky. An LRV of 37.8 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Exterior siding in Rare Gray offers timeless curb appeal and durability.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 72 vs 38, Frosty White is decisively the brighter choice.
Origami White reflects far more light (LRV 76 vs 38), opening up a space where Rare Gray encloses it.
At LRV 38 vs 21, Rare Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Trim Color
At LRV 72 vs 38, Frosty White is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 38 and 37, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 41 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 39 and 38, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 38 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 38 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 38 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 39 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 38 vs 36), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 40 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 38 vs 20, Rare Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (38 vs 28) makes Rare Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 38 vs 12, Rare Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
Rare Gray reflects far more light (LRV 38 vs 4), opening up a space where Mountain Fig encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 38 vs 35), so neither reads brighter in a room.
At LRV 76 vs 38, Lady's Slipper is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Gray Clouds reads slightly lighter (LRV 47 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Front Porch reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 38), opening up a space where Rare Gray encloses it.
Sweater Weather reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 38), opening up a space where Rare Gray encloses it.
Sensible Hue reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 38), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Rare Gray reads slightly lighter (LRV 38 vs 29), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 38 and 35, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 38 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Rare Gray reflects far more light (LRV 38 vs 23), opening up a space where Mountain Road encloses it.
Rare Gray reflects far more light (LRV 38 vs 19), opening up a space where Crooked River encloses it.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This extraordinary neutral blends green and gray together into a cool and comforting hue that works well in a bedroom or living room.