Cross-brand match

Charcoal Shadow in Sherwin-Williams

Vista Paint 8286 translated into the Sherwin-Williams line

Vista Paint Charcoal Shadow 8286 on a wall, hex #5F6364
Sherwin-Williams Roycroft Pewter SW 2848 on a wall, hex #616564

The closest Sherwin-Williams paint to Vista Paint Charcoal Shadow (8286) is Roycroft Pewter SW 2848, a delta-E of 1.43 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.

Roycroft Pewter is 0.8 LRV points lighter, so the room will read slightly brighter. Undertone reads as true neutral against true neutral, at chroma 1.8 and 1.7.

Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.

NEARESTRoycroft PewterSW 2848
DISTANCEΔE 1.43CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE12.8 against 12.0
HEX#616564against #5F6364

Ranked matches in Sherwin-Williams

closest first
Sherwin-Williams colorΔE LRV Undertone
Roycroft PewterSW 2848 1.43 12.8 true neutral Compare
Web GraySW 7075 1.74 13.1 true neutral Compare
Grizzle GraySW 7068 2.68 12.8 true neutral Compare
Grays HarborSW 6236 3.34 12.1 blue cast Compare
Cloak GraySW 6278 3.78 11.3 violet cast Compare
OuterspaceSW 6251 4.21 11.6 blue cast Compare

Charcoal Shadow in other brands

same color, different line

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