HGTV Home → Valspar
Valspar equivalent of HGTV Home Universal Khaki HGSW6150
The closest Valspar colour is Earthy Beige (M351), at ΔE 1.03 — near-exact.
Earthy Beige is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 1.03 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 Earthy Beige really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 1.03near-exact
- LRV
- 40.09HGTV Home is 40
- Hex
- #B5A893#B8A992 in HGTV Home
The candidate is darker, more muted.
HGTV Home and Valspar publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Earthy Beige reads slightly darker than Universal Khaki in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Valspar options
Worth knowing if Earthy Beige is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Oyster Shoal 8005-5DΔE 1.66 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift.
- Ivory Brown 6006-1CΔE 2.12 · very close · The candidate is lighter, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.2 points higher.
- Brown Bunny T577ΔE 2.69 · very close · Nearly the same lightness, more saturated, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 1.3 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See HGTV Home Universal Khaki HGSW6150 matched across all 13 brands →