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BENJAMIN MOORE · CSP-425

Benjamin Moore Kept Love Letters#D6BBBB · LRV 53

Kept Love Letters reads as a red / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Benjamin Moore CSP-425 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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BENJAMIN MOORE KEPT LOVE LETTERS
RGB 214, 187, 187 LRV 53

Color spec

Brand Benjamin Moore
Name Kept Love Letters
SKU CSP-425
Hex #D6BBBB
RGB 214, 187, 187
HSL 0°, 25%, 79%
LRV 53
Undertone red / warm
Family Pink

About Benjamin Moore Kept Love Letters

At LRV 53, Kept Love Letters is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its red 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.

Kept Love Letters 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.

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
Sauterne
SKU 0126 · #D7BBB3 · LRV 53
ΔE 3.65 (noticeable)
SHOP KOMPOZIT ON AMAZON →

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 pink from that brand.

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.17
All pink at PPG / Glidden →
1054-4
#D9BEBC
Tea Time
ΔE 1.17 · LRV 55
1056-3
#D9BCB7
Ashes Of Roses
ΔE 2.27 · LRV 54
1055-3
#DBB9B6
Rose Hip
ΔE 2.44 · LRV 53
1049-3
#D6B8BD
Nostalgia
ΔE 2.5 · LRV 52
18-19
#DAB7BB
Crushed Roses
ΔE 3.2 · LRV 52

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.92
All pink at Behr →
PPU17-09
#D4BEC0
Embroidery
ΔE 1.92 · LRV 55
PPU17-9
#D4BEC0
Embroidery
ΔE 1.92 · LRV 55
S190-3
#D7B8B3
Sedona Pink
ΔE 2.5 · LRV 52
UL110-13
#D4BBB3
First Waltz
ΔE 3.99 · LRV 53
MQ3-1
#D1BFBB
Josephine
ΔE 4.13 · LRV 54

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.03
All pink at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6296
#DABDC1
Fading Rose
ΔE 2.03 · LRV 55
SW 76
#DAB5B4
Appleblossom
ΔE 3.27 · LRV 51
SW 6303
#DCB6B5
Rose Colored
ΔE 3.46 · LRV 52
SW 6289
#D2B6BE
Delightful
ΔE 3.63 · LRV 51
SW 6022
#D6C2BE
Breathless
ΔE 3.68 · LRV 57

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.11
All pink at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6017
#D4B8BF
Melting Violet
ΔE 3.11 · LRV 52
DE6010
#D4C0C5
Elusive Violet
ΔE 3.27 · LRV 56
DE6024
#DBB7BB
Pencil Eraser
ΔE 3.43 · LRV 53
DE6080
#DEC1B8
Traveling Tan
ΔE 4.31 · LRV 57
DE6031
#CDBDBA
Wafting Gray
ΔE 4.54 · LRV 53

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.62
All pink at Valspar →
8004-4B
#D2C0BE
Puka Shell
ΔE 3.62 · LRV 55
V126-2
#D2C0BE
Puka Shell
ΔE 3.62 · LRV 55.1
8004-5C
#D1BEBA
Cathedral Morning
ΔE 3.76 · LRV 54
V128-3
#D1BEBA
Cathedral Morning
ΔE 3.76 · LRV 54.1
8003-2C
#CFBCC3
Calm Cupid
ΔE 3.95 · LRV 53

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.09
All pink at Clare →
PNT100-LT-60
#DEC4B8
Meet Cute
ΔE 6.09 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-13
#C2B8B2
Greige
ΔE 8.2 · LRV 49
PNT100-LT-17
#D4CBC0
Flatiron
ΔE 10.91 · LRV 61
PNT100-LT-08
#CBCBC5
Windy City
ΔE 13.36 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 13.37 · LRV 54

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.57
All pink at Backdrop →
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 6.57 · LRV 53
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 8.27 · LRV 60
BD-RO
#D2A299
Rosita
ΔE 8.82 · LRV 38
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 14.42 · LRV 65
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 25.32 · LRV 51

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.74
All pink at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 231
#DFC2AF
Setting Plaster
ΔE 8.74 · LRV 57
NO. 229
#CCBFB3
Elephant's Breath
ΔE 9.33 · LRV 53
NO. 242
#C8C3BC
Pavilion Gray
ΔE 10.79 · LRV 55
NO. 275
#C4BEB4
Purbeck Stone
ΔE 11.55 · LRV 52
NO. 211
#CEC1AD
Stony Ground
ΔE 12.94 · LRV 54

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.86
All pink at Magnolia Home →
JG-133
#C6BBB2
Cinnamon Sugar
ΔE 8.86 · LRV 51
JG-127
#C7C2BB
Anatolian
ΔE 10.78 · LRV 54
JG-109
#C5BBAC
Solid Wood
ΔE 11.98 · LRV 50
JG-104
#D1C8B8
Southern Grown
ΔE 12.89 · LRV 58
JG-83
#C1C5C5
Loft
ΔE 13.75 · LRV 55

Similar Benjamin Moore colors

closest in the Benjamin Moore deck

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

1249
Homespun Charm
LRV null
1255
Pink Attraction
LRV 50
AF-610
Batik
LRV 50
1242
Sonoma Clay
LRV null
2094-50
Desert Rose
LRV null
1263
Victoriana
LRV 48

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #D6BBBB in HSL space. Pair Kept Love Letters with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#D6BBBB + #BBD6D6
TRIADIC
#D6BBBB · #BBD6BB · #BBBBD6
ANALOGOUS
#D6BBC9 · #D6BBBB · #D6C9BB

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.8:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.68:1 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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