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BEHR · HDC-SP16-10

Behr Japanese Rose Garden#E4B6C4 · LRV 54

Japanese Rose Garden reads as a red / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Behr HDC-SP16-10 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

BEHR JAPANESE ROSE GARDEN
RGB 228, 182, 196 LRV 54

Color spec

Brand Behr
Name Japanese Rose Garden
SKU HDC-SP16-10
Hex #E4B6C4
RGB 228, 182, 196
HSL 342°, 46%, 80%
LRV 54
Undertone red / warm
Family Pink

About Behr Japanese Rose Garden

At LRV 54, Japanese Rose Garden is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its magenta undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.

Japanese Rose Garden is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Soft pinks flatter bedrooms and nurseries; deeper ones make a confident statement.

Closest matches at every US brand

13 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all pink from that brand.

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.83
All pink at Benjamin Moore →
1270 · #E5B6BF · ΔE 1.83 · LRV 53
2081-50 · #EDB6C3 · ΔE 2.27 · LRV 55
1361 · #DDB2C6 · ΔE 2.53 · LRV 51
1354 · #E3AFC5 · ΔE 3.06 · LRV 51
1339 · #F0B4C1 · ΔE 3.31 · LRV 55

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.87
All pink at Valspar →
1007-4A · #EDB9C6 · ΔE 1.87 · LRV 56.7
1008-4B · #E7B5BD · ΔE 2.46 · LRV 53.7
V039-2 · #DBB5CA · ΔE 3.41 · LRV 52.2
1004-4A · #DCB0C8 · ΔE 3.76 · LRV 50.3
V079-2 · #E3B8B9 · ΔE 4.88 · LRV 54.1

Dutch Boy

1,340 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.12
All pink at Dutch Boy →
202-3DB · #EEBCC8 · ΔE 2.12 · LRV 58
246-3DB · #D8B9C9 · ΔE 4.2 · LRV 53
146-3DB · #E5BAD4 · ΔE 4.26 · LRV 57
302-3DB · #DDBDC1 · ΔE 5.33 · LRV 56
303-3DB · #E3B9B7 · ΔE 6.15 · LRV 55

PPG / Glidden

2,132 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.29
All pink at PPG / Glidden →
PPG1050-3 · #E1B9C2 · ΔE 2.29 · LRV 55
PPG18-19 · #DAB6BB · ΔE 4.2 · LRV 52
PPG1180-4 · #D7B6CE · ΔE 5.14 · LRV 52
PPG1186-3 · #F0B3B6 · ΔE 5.58 · LRV 54
PPG1051-3 · #E8B3B3 · ΔE 5.61 · LRV 53

Sherwin-Williams

1,947 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.38
All pink at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6583 · #F0BCC9 · ΔE 2.38 · LRV 59
SW 6562 · #E3C0CF · ΔE 3.54 · LRV 59
SW 6845 · #E7BCD4 · ΔE 3.82 · LRV 58
SW 6310 · #E6BDBD · ΔE 5.52 · LRV 57
SW 6296 · #DABDC1 · ΔE 6.02 · LRV 55

Kompozit

1,321 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.53
All pink at Kompozit →
0111 · #E5B7BE · ΔE 2.53 · LRV 54
1169 · #DDB6CD · ΔE 3.74 · LRV 53
0103 · #DBB8BF · ΔE 3.78 · LRV 53
0084 · #E6BCC0 · ΔE 3.91 · LRV 57
0077 · #DEB8BC · ΔE 4.16 · LRV 53

Diamond Vogel

1,386 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.68
All pink at Diamond Vogel →
0111 · #E3B9C0 · ΔE 2.68 · LRV 55
1169 · #DCB8CE · ΔE 4 · LRV 54
0077 · #DDBABE · ΔE 4.65 · LRV 54
0103 · #DBBBC1 · ΔE 4.74 · LRV 54
1204 · #D9BCCE · ΔE 5.02 · LRV 55

Dunn-Edwards

2,298 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.1
All pink at Dunn-Edwards →
DE5051 · #F2B8CA · ΔE 3.1 · LRV 53
DE5016 · #E4B3CC · ΔE 3.57 · LRV 49
DE6024 · #DBB7BB · ΔE 4.49 · LRV 49
DE6017 · #D4B8BF · ΔE 5.6 · LRV 48
DE6003 · #E1BBDB · ΔE 6.54 · LRV 53

Farrow & Ball

209 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.07
All pink at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 278 · #E6B7BA · ΔE 4.07 · LRV 54
NO. 9913 · #D0BFCD · ΔE 8.62 · LRV 55
NO. 9801 · #E9BFAB · ΔE 14.07 · LRV 58
NO. 286 · #CFC4C0 · ΔE 14.1 · LRV 57
NO. 9906 · #D7BCAC · ΔE 14.68 · LRV 53

C2 Paint

580 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.16
All pink at C2 Paint →
BD51 · #EAC1BB · ΔE 8.16 · LRV 59
BD10 · #DBC3BF · ΔE 10.06 · LRV 58
C2-544 · #EBB7A7 · ΔE 11.81 · LRV 54
BD8 · #D1C7C8 · ΔE 12.94 · LRV 59
BD9 · #C8C3C7 · ΔE 14.16 · LRV 55

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 9.89
All pink at Clare →
PNT100-LT-27 · #FDBFB6 · ΔE 9.89 · LRV 62
PNT100-LT-60 · #DEC4B8 · ΔE 13.12 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-13 · #C2B8B2 · ΔE 15.47 · LRV 49
PNT100-LT-17 · #D4CBC0 · ΔE 18.49 · LRV 61
PNT100-LT-09 · #C1C3C0 · ΔE 20.24 · LRV 54

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 10.65
All pink at Backdrop →
BD-RO · #D2A299 · ΔE 10.65 · LRV 38
BD-BG · #E5BEB0 · ΔE 11.68 · LRV 53
BD-AU · #E5C8B7 · ΔE 14.97 · LRV 60
BD-RR · #D6CFBE · ΔE 22.37 · LRV 65
BD-LO · #A4C2D2 · ΔE 30.62 · LRV 51

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 10.74
All pink at Magnolia Home →
JG-26 · #E8C3B8 · ΔE 10.74 · LRV 60
JG-98 · #D4CDD0 · ΔE 13.91 · LRV 62
JG-133 · #C6BBB2 · ΔE 16.47 · LRV 51
JG-127 · #C7C2BB · ΔE 18.14 · LRV 54
JG-93 · #C1C6CE · ΔE 18.85 · LRV 56

Similar Behr colors

closest in the Behr deck

The nearest shades to Japanese Rose Garden within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

S160-2 · LRV 53
170E-3 · LRV 52
S150-2 · LRV 51
P130-2A · LRV 58
ICC-54 · LRV 50
M170-3 · LRV 54

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #E4B6C4 in HSL space. Pair Japanese Rose Garden with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#E4B6C4 + #B6E4D6
TRIADIC
#E4B6C4 · #C4E4B6 · #B6C4E4
ANALOGOUS
#E4B6DB · #E4B6C4 · #E4BFB6

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.78:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.79:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

Behr Japanese Rose Garden Equivalents at Other Brands

Matching Japanese Rose Garden from a different paint counter? Below is the single closest color in each major US deck and how close it really is. Remember that any paint store can also custom-tint Behr HDC-SP16-10 directly — these equivalents are for when you'd rather stay inside one brand's own deck.

Benjamin Moore Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

Benjamin Moore's nearest match is Tara (1270), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.83). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 53 vs 54) and carries a warm red undertone, so it substitutes for Japanese Rose Garden without repainting risk. See the full Tara swatch →

PPG / Glidden Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

At PPG / Glidden, the closest color to Japanese Rose Garden is Love In A Mist (PPG1050-3) — very close at ΔE 2.29, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 55 vs 54) and carries a warm red undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Love In A Mist swatch →

Valspar Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

At Valspar, the closest color to Japanese Rose Garden is Sweety Pie (1008-4B) — very close at ΔE 2.46, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 53.7 vs 54) and carries a warm red undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Sweety Pie swatch →

Kompozit Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

At Kompozit, the closest color to Japanese Rose Garden is Acadia Bloom (0111) — very close at ΔE 2.53, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 54 vs 54) and carries a warm red undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Acadia Bloom swatch →

Diamond Vogel Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

At Diamond Vogel, the closest color to Japanese Rose Garden is Acadia Bloom (0111) — very close at ΔE 2.68, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 55 vs 54) and carries a warm red undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Acadia Bloom swatch →

Dunn-Edwards Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

Dunn-Edwards has no exact twin of Japanese Rose Garden. The nearest is Muddy Mauve (DE5016) at ΔE 3.57 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It runs slightly darker (LRV 49 vs 54). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Muddy Mauve swatch →

Farrow & Ball Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

Farrow & Ball has no exact twin of Japanese Rose Garden. The nearest is Nancy's Blushes (NO. 278) at ΔE 4.07 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 54 vs 54). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Nancy's Blushes swatch →

Dutch Boy Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

Dutch Boy has no exact twin of Japanese Rose Garden. The nearest is Peony Perfect (246-3DB) at ΔE 4.2 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 53 vs 54). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Peony Perfect swatch →

Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

Sherwin-Williams doesn't make a true equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden — the nearest deck color, Lotus Flower (SW 6310), is clearly different (ΔE 5.52). For an exact match, any Sherwin-Williams retailer can custom-tint Behr HDC-SP16-10 instead. See the full Lotus Flower swatch →

C2 Paint Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

C2 Paint doesn't make a true equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden — the nearest deck color, Cochin Shell (BD51), is clearly different (ΔE 8.16). For an exact match, any C2 Paint retailer can custom-tint Behr HDC-SP16-10 instead. See the full Cochin Shell swatch →

Magnolia Home Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

Magnolia Home doesn't make a true equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden — the nearest deck color, Cabbage Rose (JG-26), is clearly different (ΔE 10.74). For an exact match, any Magnolia Home retailer can custom-tint Behr HDC-SP16-10 instead. See the full Cabbage Rose swatch →

Backdrop Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

Backdrop doesn't make a true equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden — the nearest deck color, Boy Meets Girl (BD-BG), is clearly different (ΔE 11.68). For an exact match, any Backdrop retailer can custom-tint Behr HDC-SP16-10 instead. See the full Boy Meets Girl swatch →

Clare Equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden

Clare doesn't make a true equivalent of Japanese Rose Garden — the nearest deck color, Meet Cute (PNT100-LT-60), is clearly different (ΔE 13.12). For an exact match, any Clare retailer can custom-tint Behr HDC-SP16-10 instead. See the full Meet Cute swatch →

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