Clare Dirty Chai#A89886 · LRV 33
Why this color. The warm taupe Clare promotes as a cozy whole-house color.
Dirty Chai reads as a red-orange / warm — mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light. The notes below cover the spec, what Clare Clare 06 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Color spec
| Brand | Clare |
| Name | Dirty Chai |
| SKU | Clare 06 |
| Hex | #A89886 |
| RGB | 168, 152, 134 |
| HSL | 32°, 16%, 59% |
| LRV | 33 |
| Undertone | red-orange / warm |
| Family | Neutral |
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.
Closest matches at every US brand
9 brands · top 5 each5 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 neutral from that brand.
Backdrop
PPG / Glidden
Sherwin-Williams
Behr
Dunn-Edwards
Valspar
Benjamin Moore
Farrow & Ball
Magnolia Home
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #A89886 in HSL space. Pair Dirty Chai with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
Accessibility (WCAG contrast)
WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.