HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Scanda HGSW6529
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Old Blue Jeans (839), at ΔE 1.38 — near-exact.
Old Blue Jeans is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.38 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 Benjamin Moore
Most people comparing HGTV Home to Benjamin Moore 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 Old Blue Jeans really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.38near-exact
- LRV
- 25.34HGTV Home is 25
- Hex
- #6B89A3#6B8CA9 in HGTV Home
The candidate is darker, more muted.
HGTV Home and Benjamin Moore publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Old Blue Jeans reads slightly darker than Scanda in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Benjamin Moore options
Worth knowing if Old Blue Jeans is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Blue Dragon 810ΔE 2.78 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.6 points higher.
- Blue Nose 1678ΔE 3.28 · very close · The candidate is darker, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.2 points lower.
- Lazy Sunday 803ΔE 3.38 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated. Its LRV is 2.1 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Scanda HGSW6529 matched across all 13 brands →