HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home By the Sea HGSW3344
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Cable Knit Sweater (CSP-650), at ΔE 1.95 — near-exact.
Cable Knit Sweater is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.95 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 HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Benjamin Moore 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 Cable Knit Sweater really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.95near-exact
- LRV
- 34.39HGTV Home is 34
- Hex
- #83A0AD#8AA3B1 in HGTV Home
The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Cable Knit Sweater reads slightly darker than By the Sea in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Benjamin Moore options
Worth knowing if Cable Knit Sweater is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Dusty Cornflower CSP-605ΔE 2.25 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.2 points higher.
- Franklin Lakes 1643ΔE 2.35 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift.
- Labrador Blue 1670ΔE 2.56 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 0.9 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home By the Sea HGSW3344 matched across all 13 brands →