HGTV Home → PPG
PPG equivalent of HGTV Home Laid-Back Beige HGSW3127
The closest PPG colour is Cocoa Cream (PPG1079-3), at ΔE 0.91 — indistinguishable.
Cocoa Cream is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.91 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 PPG
Most people comparing HGTV Home to PPG 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 Cocoa Cream really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.91indistinguishable
- LRV
- 59HGTV Home is 60
- Hex
- #DBC8B6#DCC7B3 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness, more muted. Its LRV is 1.0 points lower.
HGTV Home and PPG publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Cocoa Cream reads slightly lighter than Laid-Back Beige in colour space while carrying the lower published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other PPG options
Worth knowing if Cocoa Cream is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Tea & Honey 00YY 62/144ΔE 1.74 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.0 points higher.
- Comfort PPG1078-3ΔE 1.85 · near-exact · The candidate is lighter, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.0 points higher.
- Castaway Shore Beige 00YY 54/146ΔE 2.19 · very close · The candidate is darker, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 6.0 points lower.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Laid-Back Beige HGSW3127 matched across all 13 brands →