Benjamin Moore → HGTV Home
HGTV Home equivalent of Benjamin Moore White Drifts OC-138
The closest HGTV Home colour is Nuance (HGSW7049), at ΔE 1.53 — near-exact.
Nuance is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.53 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 Nuance really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.53near-exact
- LRV
- 74Benjamin Moore is 73.69
- Hex
- #E2E0D6#E3E2D5 in Benjamin Moore
The candidate is darker, more muted.
Benjamin Moore and HGTV Home publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Nuance reads slightly darker than White Drifts 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 Nuance is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Celery Root HGSW4059ΔE 1.74 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 2.3 points higher.
- Ethereal White HGSW6182ΔE 1.74 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 2.3 points higher.
- Natural Choice HGSW7011ΔE 2.02 · very close · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 0.7 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See Benjamin Moore White Drifts OC-138 matched across all 13 brands →