HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Indigo Batik HGSW7602
The closest Valspar colour is Midnight Shadow (4004-4C), at ΔE 0.94 — indistinguishable.
Midnight Shadow is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.94 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 Midnight Shadow really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.94indistinguishable
- LRV
- 7.9HGTV Home is 8
- Hex
- #405162#3E5063 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more muted.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Midnight Shadow reads slightly lighter than Indigo Batik in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Valspar options
Worth knowing if Midnight Shadow is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Motor City Blue 4005-4CΔE 1.54 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift.
- Mountain River 4005-6CΔE 3.05 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.0 points higher.
- Blue Fedora V111-6ΔE 3.28 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.8 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Indigo Batik HGSW7602 matched across all 13 brands →