Breakwater

SW 9638 · Sherwin-Williams

Breakwater SW 9638 as a flat swatch, not a painted room

Sherwin-Williams

Breakwater

SW 9638

Hex code

#A2A8A6

Light reflectance value (LRV)

38.3Medium, moodier in dim rooms

0 black100 white

Undertone

Faint green, a true neutral

Color family: Neutral
Sold for: Interior and exterior

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Sherwin-Williams Breakwater SW 9638 is a medium neutral paint color with a faint green undertone and an LRV of 38, a medium depth that absorbs more light than it reflects.

Updated August 22, 2026

Is Breakwater warm or cool? Undertones by the numbers

too close to gray to lean

Undertone

Faint green

graysaturated

Barely off gray.

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