Urbane Bronze is a rich, earthy dark neutral that blends charcoal and brown, with a hint of green in some light. It feels warm and enveloping instead of stark. Sherwin-Williams' 2021 Color of the Year, it is loved for exteriors, cabinets and moody offices.
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Undertone: Deep bronze-gray with a warm brown undertone.
LRV 8: Urbane Bronze is a very dark color that absorbs most of the light.
Where to use it: Exterior, office, kitchen, bedroom.
Trim: Urbane Bronze pairs well with Alabaster SW 7008 for trim, doors and ceilings.
Sherwin-Williams colors that work with Urbane Bronze on walls, trim and accents.
The closest matches to Urbane Bronze from Benjamin Moore and Behr, by digital color value. ΔE measures the visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable.
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The digital hex value for Sherwin-Williams Urbane Bronze (SW 7048) is #54504A, which is rgb(84, 80, 74). Use it for mockups and digital design; a physical sample is the only reliable way to judge the paint itself.
Sherwin-Williams Urbane Bronze has an LRV (light reflectance value) of 8. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white), so Urbane Bronze is a very dark color that absorbs most of the light.
Urbane Bronze has a deep bronze-gray with a warm brown undertone undertone. By its digital value it sits on a fairly neutral middle, but north-facing light will cool it down and warm bulbs will warm it up, so test a sample in the room where you plan to use it.
The closest Benjamin Moore color to Sherwin-Williams Urbane Bronze is Silhouette (AF-655, #57504C), which is nearly identical by digital value (ΔE 1.8). Paint formulas differ, so color-matched versions are never exact: compare physical samples side by side.
The closest Behr color to Sherwin-Williams Urbane Bronze is Space Black (N460-7, #505150), which is very close by digital value (ΔE 3.8). Paint formulas differ, so color-matched versions are never exact: compare physical samples side by side.