HGTV Home → Dunn-Edwards
Dunn-Edwards equivalent of HGTV Home Contemporary Grey HGSW1465
The closest Dunn-Edwards colour is Baby Seal (DE6361), at ΔE 0.86 — indistinguishable.
Baby Seal is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.86 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 Dunn-Edwards
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Dunn-Edwards 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 Baby Seal really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.86indistinguishable
- LRV
- 35HGTV Home is 37
- Hex
- #A1A5A8#A0A5A7 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and Dunn-Edwards publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Baby Seal reads slightly lighter than Contemporary Grey in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Dunn-Edwards options
Worth knowing if Baby Seal is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Castlerock DE6375ΔE 2.59 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted.
- Digital Nomad DEGR70ΔE 2.65 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points lower.
- Gray Wolf DE6354ΔE 2.77 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 4.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Contemporary Grey HGSW1465 matched across all 13 brands →