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BENJAMIN MOORE · 1051

Benjamin Moore Knoxville Brown#5C4435 · LRV 7

Knoxville Brown reads as a red-orange / warm — very dark — reads black in most rooms. The notes below cover the spec, what Benjamin Moore 1051 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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BENJAMIN MOORE KNOXVILLE BROWN
RGB 92, 68, 53 LRV 7

Color spec

Brand Benjamin Moore
Name Knoxville Brown
SKU 1051
Hex #5C4435
RGB 92, 68, 53
HSL 23°, 27%, 28%
LRV 7
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
Hideaway
SKU 0137 · #654637 · LRV 7
ΔE 3.14 (close)
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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.

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.67
All brown at Valspar →
V084-6
#604735
Incognito
ΔE 1.67 · LRV 7.3
8005-9G
#614632
Boston Brown Bread
ΔE 2.32 · LRV 7
8005-8G
#5B4937
Buckeye
ΔE 4.03 · LRV 7
V132-6
#5B4937
Buckeye
ΔE 4.03 · LRV 7.3
8005-10G
#57483D
Momentous Occasion
ΔE 4.23 · LRV 7

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.3
All brown at Behr →
N190-7
#594638
Moose Trail
ΔE 2.3 · LRV 7
280F-7
#59432F
Breakfast Blend
ΔE 2.95 · LRV 6
BXC-79
#56473F
Center Earth
ΔE 4.63 · LRV 7
N130-7
#5B4542
Double Fudge
ΔE 6.23 · LRV 7
N150-6
#5B4542
Coffee Beans
ΔE 6.23 · LRV 7

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.5
All brown at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 2856
#61463A
Fairfax Brown
ΔE 2.5 · LRV 7
SW 6090
#634533
Java
ΔE 2.51 · LRV 7
SW 7027
#564537
Well‐Bred Brown
ΔE 3.29 · LRV 7
SW 7041
#564536
Van Dyke Brown
ΔE 3.47 · LRV 7
SW 6041
#56433B
Otter
ΔE 3.64 · LRV 6

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.69
All brown at Dunn-Edwards →
DEA158
#5E463C
Northern Territory
ΔE 2.69 · LRV 7
DE6049
#644B41
Chaps
ΔE 3.75 · LRV 8
DE6042
#5B4A44
Bear in Mind
ΔE 5.14 · LRV 8
DE6014
#5F4947
Dark Chocolate
ΔE 7.01 · LRV 8
DE6399
#574A47
Molasses
ΔE 7.16 · LRV 7

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.78
All brown at PPG / Glidden →
1075-7
#604A3F
Fudge Truffle
ΔE 2.78 · LRV 8
1073-7
#63493E
Fudge
ΔE 3.13 · LRV 8
1074-7
#604B42
Little Bear
ΔE 3.75 · LRV 8
16-24
#574642
Racy Raisin
ΔE 5.83 · LRV 7
15-24
#544642
French Toast
ΔE 6.32 · LRV 7

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.28
All brown at Magnolia Home →
JG-171
#664840
Mountain Currant
ΔE 5.28 · LRV 8
JG-122
#524840
Wooded Acres
ΔE 6.75 · LRV 7
JG-131
#544846
Cut Cedar
ΔE 7.72 · LRV 7
JG-155
#584445
Moody Fig
ΔE 8.39 · LRV 7
JG-149
#514647
Pecan Grove
ΔE 9.35 · LRV 7

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 7.46
All brown at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 36
#534644
Mahogany
ΔE 7.46 · LRV 7
NO. 255
#4D4746
Tanner's Brown
ΔE 9.91 · LRV 7
NO. 222
#5D3B42
Brinjal
ΔE 12.36 · LRV 6
NO. 297
#6D4247
Preference Red
ΔE 12.55 · LRV 8
NO. 93
#464C49
Studio Green
ΔE 16.39 · LRV 7

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 11.98
All brown at Clare →
PNT100-DP-54
#484745
Blackish
ΔE 11.98 · LRV 6
PNT100-DP-67
#7C4D4C
Vintage
ΔE 12.35 · LRV 10
PNT100-DP-55
#515052
Blackest
ΔE 13.11 · LRV 8
PNT100-DP-77
#604B56
Night Groove
ΔE 13.64 · LRV 8
PNT100-DP-42
#545E66
Goodnight Moon
ΔE 20.22 · LRV 11

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #5C4435 in HSL space. Pair Knoxville Brown with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#5C4435 + #354D5C
TRIADIC
#5C4435 · #355C44 · #44355C
ANALOGOUS
#5C3539 · #5C4435 · #5C5835

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
9:1 AAA
Sample text on black
2.33:1 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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