HGTV Home → Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore equivalent of HGTV Home Sporty Blue HGSW6522
The closest Benjamin Moore colour is Old Blue Jeans (839), at ΔE 0.65 — indistinguishable.
Old Blue Jeans is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.65 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)
- 0.65indistinguishable
- LRV
- 25.34HGTV Home is 24
- Hex
- #6B89A3#6A8AA4 in HGTV Home
Nearly the same lightness. Its LRV is 1.3 points higher.
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 Sporty Blue 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 Nose 1678ΔE 2.17 · very close · The candidate is darker, with a small hue shift.
- Blue Dragon 810ΔE 3.96 · close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.6 points higher.
- Lazy Sunday 803ΔE 4.14 · close · The candidate is lighter, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 3.1 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Sporty Blue HGSW6522 matched across all 13 brands →