HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Familiar Beige HGSW6093
The closest Valspar colour is Panko (V131-3), at ΔE 0.43 — indistinguishable.
Panko is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.43 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 Panko really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.43indistinguishable
- LRV
- 47.17HGTV Home is 47
- Hex
- #C9B3A0#CAB3A0 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Panko reads slightly darker than Familiar Beige 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 Panko is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- My Piazza M133ΔE 1.15 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated. Its LRV is 0.6 points higher.
- Mesa Tumbleweed 2008-10AΔE 1.97 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 0.9 points higher.
- Moose Mousse 3003-10AΔE 2.07 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.9 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Familiar Beige HGSW6093 matched across all 13 brands →