Benjamin Moore → HGTV Home
HGTV Home equivalent of Benjamin Moore Virginia Beach 917
The closest HGTV Home colour is Napery (HGSW6386), at ΔE 1.84 — near-exact.
Napery is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.84 the difference is smaller than most people can see on a wall, and smaller than the shift between two batches of the same colour.
Why people switch between Benjamin Moore and HGTV Home
Most people comparing Benjamin Moore to HGTV Home are not shopping for a new colour. They have already chosen one, and then hit a price difference or a painter who buys from a single supplier. The question is what goes on the wall instead.
How close Napery really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.84near-exact
- LRV
- 74Benjamin Moore is 72.47
- Hex
- #EFDDC1#F2DEBC in Benjamin Moore
Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 1.5 points higher.
Benjamin Moore and HGTV Home publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Napery reads slightly darker than Virginia Beach in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other HGTV Home options
Worth knowing if Napery is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Arid Sands HGSW3167ΔE 1.95 · near-exact · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 0.5 points higher.
- Gleeful Yellow HGSW2197ΔE 2.42 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.5 points lower.
- Convivial Yellow HGSW6393ΔE 2.42 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.5 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See Benjamin Moore Virginia Beach 917 matched across all 13 brands →