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Benjamin Moore Harbor Town#CBCBAD · LRV 56

Harbor Town reads as a yellow / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Benjamin Moore 493 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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BENJAMIN MOORE HARBOR TOWN
RGB 203, 203, 173 LRV 56

Color spec

Brand Benjamin Moore
Name Harbor Town
SKU 493
Hex #CBCBAD
RGB 203, 203, 173
HSL 60°, 22%, 74%
LRV 56
Undertone yellow / warm
Family Green

About Benjamin Moore Harbor Town

At LRV 56, Harbor Town is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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.

Harbor Town 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. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.

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
Stone Hearth
SKU 0364 · #D0C6A9 · LRV 57
ΔE 4.57 (noticeable)
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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 green from that brand.

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.74
All green at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 29
#CDCDB4
Acanthus
ΔE 1.74 · LRV 60
SW 6429
#C7CDA8
Baize Green
ΔE 3.16 · LRV 59
SW 6436
#C5D1B2
Bonsai Tint
ΔE 4.63 · LRV 61
SW 6162
#D1CCB9
Ancient Marble
ΔE 4.85 · LRV 60
SW 7738
#CDC4AE
Cargo Pants
ΔE 5.55 · LRV 56

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.91
All green at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 32
#C4C6A5
Cooking Apple Green
ΔE 1.91 · LRV 55
NO. 15
#CEC3AD
Bone
ΔE 6.48 · LRV 55
NO. 4
#CFC3AD
Old White
ΔE 6.93 · LRV 55
NO. 16
#D6C39E
Cord
ΔE 7.97 · LRV 56
NO. 213
#D8C4A8
Savage Ground
ΔE 9.3 · LRV 57

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.11
All green at Behr →
PPU9-18
#CECAAF
Cilantro Cream
ΔE 2.11 · LRV 58
MQ6-55
#D2CCAF
Pale Ivy
ΔE 2.74 · LRV 60
740C-3
#D1CBA7
Oat Straw
ΔE 2.88 · LRV 59
BXC-56
#C6CDB5
Stone Creek
ΔE 3.34 · LRV 59
PPU9-12
#D2C8AE
Prairie House
ΔE 4.97 · LRV 58

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.13
All green at PPG / Glidden →
1114-3
#D0CCA9
Canary Grass
ΔE 2.13 · LRV 59
1113-2
#D1CEB4
Silver Sage
ΔE 2.2 · LRV 61
1123-4
#CBCCB5
Only Olive
ΔE 2.33 · LRV 59
1125-3
#C8CAB5
Whispering Pine
ΔE 3.05 · LRV 58
1026-2
#D4C9A6
Sanctuary
ΔE 4.67 · LRV 59

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.15
All green at Valspar →
8003-31C
#CACFB2
Apple Blossom Green
ΔE 2.15 · LRV 60
8003-28C
#CFCAA7
Archisa
ΔE 2.41 · LRV 58
6001-3B
#C9C8B1
Mint Frost
ΔE 2.47 · LRV 56.9
V095-2
#CEC8AA
Wild Hillside
ΔE 2.63 · LRV 57.4
6002-3B
#CECAA4
Paris Mint
ΔE 2.73 · LRV 57.9

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.64
All green at Dunn-Edwards →
DE5528
#C7C7A1
Watercress
ΔE 2.64 · LRV 56
DE5493
#CCC7A1
Floating Lily Pad
ΔE 3.09 · LRV 56
DE5569
#C5D2B1
Hidden Hills
ΔE 5.02 · LRV 61
DE6192
#D2C6AE
Nomadic Taupe
ΔE 6.35 · LRV 57
DEC767
#D2C5AE
Riverbed
ΔE 7.07 · LRV 57

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.56
All green at Clare →
PNT100-MD-63
#D1D0A6
High Vibe
ΔE 3.56 · LRV 61
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 3.66 · LRV 60
PNT100-MD-47
#C4CEBD
Dirty Martini
ΔE 5.82 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-46
#C1CFC2
Two Scoops
ΔE 7.88 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-17
#D4CBC0
Flatiron
ΔE 9.45 · LRV 61

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 4
All green at Magnolia Home →
JG-105
#D7CEAB
Tapestry Thread
ΔE 4 · LRV 62
JG-18
#CDCABC
Gatherings
ΔE 6.16 · LRV 59
JG-156
#D3C9B7
Plaster
ΔE 7.11 · LRV 59
JG-104
#D1C8B8
Southern Grown
ΔE 7.38 · LRV 58
JG-13
#C9CEC4
Emmie's Room
ΔE 7.46 · LRV 61

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.41
All green at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 6.41 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 6.72 · LRV 73
BD-EA
#E5C580
Eames
ΔE 13.02 · LRV 60
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 15.87 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 20.19 · LRV 53

Similar Benjamin Moore colors

closest in the Benjamin Moore deck

The nearest shades to Harbor Town within Benjamin Moore's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

CW-490
Levingston Green
LRV 58
HC-116
Guilford Green
LRV 57
486
Spring Meadow
LRV null
1516
Moon Shadow
LRV null
2144-40
Soft Fern
LRV 57
514
Flowering Herbs
LRV 56

Coordinated palette

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

COMPLEMENTARY
#CBCBAD + #ADADCB
TRIADIC
#CBCBAD · #ADCBCB · #CBADCB
ANALOGOUS
#CBBCAD · #CBCBAD · #BCCBAD

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.66:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.69:1 AAA

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

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