HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Cloudless HGSW6786
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Rhythm and Blues (758), at ΔE 1.35 — near-exact.
Rhythm and Blues is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.35 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 Rhythm and Blues really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.35near-exact
- LRV
- 56.19HGTV Home is 56
- Hex
- #8AD0DB#8FD0DD in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, 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: Rhythm and Blues reads slightly darker than Cloudless 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 Rhythm and Blues is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Delano Waters 766ΔE 2.65 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted. Its LRV is 5.1 points higher.
- California Breeze 757ΔE 2.79 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 7.2 points higher.
- Blue Rapids 745ΔE 2.83 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted. Its LRV is 3.5 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Cloudless HGSW6786 matched across all 13 brands →