Havana Tan
1121 · #DFCCB6 · LRV 62 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Mindful Gray48
- 2Revere Pewter55
- 3Havana Tan62
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Havana Tan, Really?
Havana Tan reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore 1121 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Havana Tan
Havana Tan 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Havana Tan
At LRV 62, Havana Tan is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange 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.
Most complaints about Havana Tan are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Benjamin Moore 1121 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Cream and SugarSW 9507 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.4 | 64 | Color page → |
| Behr | Rice CrackersS240-2 · Behr | 0.5 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Fossil WhiteV178 · Valspar | 1.2 | 63.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | ChalkwarePPG1087-4 · PPG / Glidden | 1.2 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Seriously SandPPG1085-3 · Glidden | 1.9 | 62 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Tawny Bluff312-2DB · Dutch Boy | 2.0 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Havana Tan within Benjamin Moore's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #DFCCB6 in HSL space. Pair Havana Tan with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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