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BENJAMIN MOORE · AF-30

Benjamin Moore Espresso#564238 · LRV 8

Espresso reads as a red-orange / warm — very dark — reads black in most rooms. The notes below cover the spec, what Benjamin Moore AF-30 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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BENJAMIN MOORE ESPRESSO
RGB 86, 66, 56 LRV 8

Color spec

Brand Benjamin Moore
Name Espresso
SKU AF-30
Hex #564238
RGB 86, 66, 56
HSL 20°, 21%, 28%
LRV 8
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Brown

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Philosophically Speaking
SKU 0578 · #4D483D · LRV 7
ΔE 8.85 (different)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 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 brown from that brand.

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.1
All brown at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6041
#56433B
Otter
ΔE 1.1 · LRV 6
SW 7027
#564537
Well‐Bred Brown
ΔE 3.14 · LRV 7
SW 7041
#564536
Van Dyke Brown
ΔE 3.6 · LRV 7
SW 7580
#573E3E
Carnelian
ΔE 6.31 · LRV 6
SW 7020
#4F4842
Black Fox
ΔE 6.65 · LRV 7

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.24
All brown at Valspar →
2011-10
#543F36
Cabin Plank
ΔE 1.24 · LRV 5.7
3010-10
#524237
Swiss Chocolate
ΔE 2.28 · LRV 5.9
1002-9A
#574540
Mystic Taupe
ΔE 2.86 · LRV 6.7
8005-10G
#57483D
Momentous Occasion
ΔE 3.27 · LRV 7
1004-9A
#5B413B
Piano Brown
ΔE 3.83 · LRV 6.3

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.41
All brown at Dunn-Edwards →
DEA158
#5E463C
Northern Territory
ΔE 2.41 · LRV 7
DE6042
#5B4A44
Bear in Mind
ΔE 3.46 · LRV 8
DE6399
#574A47
Molasses
ΔE 5.07 · LRV 7
DE6014
#5F4947
Dark Chocolate
ΔE 5.42 · LRV 8
DE6392
#524A46
Mink
ΔE 6.4 · LRV 7

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.64
All brown at Behr →
N190-7
#594638
Moose Trail
ΔE 2.64 · LRV 7
BXC-79
#56473F
Center Earth
ΔE 2.76 · LRV 7
HDC-MD-13
#53453F
Rave Raisin
ΔE 3.18 · LRV 6
280F-7
#59432F
Breakfast Blend
ΔE 4.72 · LRV 6
QE-24
#4F4340
Manchester Brown
ΔE 4.75 · LRV 6

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.52
All brown at PPG / Glidden →
16-24
#574642
Racy Raisin
ΔE 3.52 · LRV 7
15-24
#544642
French Toast
ΔE 3.94 · LRV 7
1005-7
#4F443F
Dark Granite
ΔE 4.54 · LRV 6
1014-7
#554747
Black Walnut
ΔE 5.93 · LRV 7
1002-7
#4B4441
Phantom Mist
ΔE 6.71 · LRV 6

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.02
All brown at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 36
#534644
Mahogany
ΔE 5.02 · LRV 7
NO. 255
#4D4746
Tanner's Brown
ΔE 7.67 · LRV 7
NO. 294
#494248
Paean Black
ΔE 10.1 · LRV 6
NO. 222
#5D3B42
Brinjal
ΔE 10.76 · LRV 6
NO. 57
#444546
Off-Black
ΔE 11.5 · LRV 6

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.18
All brown at Magnolia Home →
JG-122
#524840
Wooded Acres
ΔE 5.18 · LRV 7
JG-131
#544846
Cut Cedar
ΔE 5.42 · LRV 7
JG-155
#584445
Moody Fig
ΔE 6.19 · LRV 7
JG-149
#514647
Pecan Grove
ΔE 6.87 · LRV 7
JG-145
#4D484C
Aspen Stone
ΔE 9.86 · LRV 7

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 10.03
All brown at Clare →
PNT100-DP-54
#484745
Blackish
ΔE 10.03 · LRV 6
PNT100-DP-55
#515052
Blackest
ΔE 11.21 · LRV 8
PNT100-DP-77
#604B56
Night Groove
ΔE 11.65 · LRV 8
PNT100-DP-67
#7C4D4C
Vintage
ΔE 12.49 · LRV 10
PNT100-DP-42
#545E66
Goodnight Moon
ΔE 18.64 · LRV 11

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #564238 in HSL space. Pair Espresso with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#564238 + #384C56
TRIADIC
#564238 · #385642 · #423856
ANALOGOUS
#56383D · #564238 · #565138

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
9.41:1 AAA
Sample text on black
2.23:1 fail

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

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