HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Comfort Gray HGSW6205
The closest Valspar colour is Sleepy (T678), at ΔE 0.97 — indistinguishable.
Sleepy is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.97 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 Valspar
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Valspar 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 Sleepy really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.97indistinguishable
- LRV
- 52.91HGTV Home is 52
- Hex
- #BDC2BC#BEC3BB in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 0.9 points higher.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Sleepy reads slightly darker than Comfort Gray in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Valspar options
Worth knowing if Sleepy is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Irish Moor 8004-32CΔE 1.14 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated. Its LRV is 3.0 points higher.
- Cool Sea Air M354ΔE 1.83 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.8 points higher.
- Rocky Cliff M252ΔE 2.38 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.6 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Comfort Gray HGSW6205 matched across all 13 brands →