HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Copen Blue HGSW0068
The closest Valspar colour is Ocean Froth (8003-34C), at ΔE 0.64 — indistinguishable.
Ocean Froth is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.64 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 Ocean Froth really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.64indistinguishable
- LRV
- 59HGTV Home is 58
- Hex
- #C1CCC3#C2CCC4 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more saturated. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Ocean Froth reads slightly darker than Copen Blue 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 Ocean Froth is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Fountain Foam V099-2ΔE 1.05 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter. Its LRV is 3.3 points higher.
- Knightsbridge Mist V141-3ΔE 2.10 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.4 points higher.
- Opalescence M332ΔE 2.12 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated. Its LRV is 3.9 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Copen Blue HGSW0068 matched across all 13 brands →