HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Cape Ivory HGSW4040
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Sandy Beaches (946), at ΔE 1.12 — near-exact.
Sandy Beaches is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.12 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 Sandy Beaches really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.12near-exact
- LRV
- 79.65HGTV Home is 80
- Hex
- #F3E8D4#F2E5CF in HGTV Home
The candidate is lighter, more muted.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Sandy Beaches reads slightly lighter than Cape Ivory in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Benjamin Moore options
Worth knowing if Sandy Beaches is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Capri Coast OC-87ΔE 1.12 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more muted.
- Evening White 907ΔE 1.23 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.9 points lower.
- Sandy Shores 948ΔE 1.31 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.1 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Cape Ivory HGSW4040 matched across all 13 brands →