HGTV Home → Glidden
Glidden equivalent of HGTV Home Flyway HGSW6794
The closest Glidden colour is Bright Blue (50BG 41/312), at ΔE 0.45 — indistinguishable.
Bright Blue is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.45 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 Glidden
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Glidden 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 Bright Blue really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.45indistinguishable
- LRV
- 39.11HGTV Home is 39
- Hex
- #59B3D4#5DB3D4 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness.
HGTV Home and Glidden publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Bright Blue reads slightly darker than Flyway in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Glidden options
Worth knowing if Bright Blue is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Mystic Blue PPG1237-5ΔE 3.82 · close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 5.1 points lower.
- Harbor Sky PPG1238-4ΔE 4.05 · close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.4 points higher.
- Xavier Blue PPG1240-4ΔE 4.45 · close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.1 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Flyway HGSW6794 matched across all 13 brands →