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CLARE · CLARE 15

Clare Two-Step#7C5F47 · LRV 14

Why this color. Warm earth-brown; Clare's go-to deep neutral for cabinets and accents.

Two-Step reads as a red-orange / warm — dark — high drama, needs strong daylight or warm bulbs. The notes below cover the spec, what Clare Clare 15 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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CLARE TWO-STEP
RGB 124, 95, 71 LRV 14

Color spec

Brand Clare
Name Two-Step
SKU Clare 15
Hex #7C5F47
RGB 124, 95, 71
HSL 27°, 27%, 38%
LRV 14
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
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SKU 0179 · #7F6144 · LRV 13
ΔE 1.96 (near-perfect)
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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.

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.1
All brown at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 2806
#7F614A
Rookwood Brown
ΔE 1.1 · LRV 14
SW 7523
#7C5C43
Burnished Brandy
ΔE 1.41 · LRV 12
SW 9090
#785F4C
Caraïbe
ΔE 2.11 · LRV 13
SW 6089
#785B47
Grounded
ΔE 2.21 · LRV 12
SW 6096
#815D40
Jute Brown
ΔE 2.58 · LRV 13

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.37
All brown at Behr →
HDC-CL-13
#7D614C
Sassafras Tea
ΔE 1.37 · LRV 13
N250-6
#826043
Split Rail
ΔE 2.2 · LRV 14
PPU4-19
#7D644A
Arts And Crafts
ΔE 2.68 · LRV 14
UL130-3
#81614D
Burnt Terra
ΔE 2.69 · LRV 14
BNC-34
#786349
Spiced Latte
ΔE 4.09 · LRV 13

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.4
All brown at Valspar →
3004-9A
#7D5D42
Muddy Mississippi
ΔE 1.4 · LRV 12.7
V088-5
#7F5F42
Nom Nom
ΔE 1.81 · LRV 13.1
3002-9A
#7F5B43
Mona's Mane
ΔE 2.83 · LRV 12.4
3007-9A
#746045
Twilight Jungle
ΔE 4.71 · LRV 12.5
T597
#786344
Potting Soil
ΔE 5.32 · LRV 13.2

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.58
All brown at Dunn-Edwards →
DEA163
#7F5E46
Rodeo
ΔE 1.58 · LRV 13
DE6133
#7C644B
Old Boot
ΔE 2.8 · LRV 14
DE6098
#7B5847
Burns Cave
ΔE 4.9 · LRV 12
DE6210
#706048
Midnight Brown
ΔE 6.14 · LRV 12
DE6217
#746550
Ancient Earth
ΔE 6.32 · LRV 14

Benjamin Moore

3,919 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.11
All brown at Benjamin Moore →
1029
#785F4C
Coconut
ΔE 2.11 · LRV 13
1134
#835F47
Hidden
ΔE 2.74 · LRV 13
2096-30
#835C49
Grandfather
ΔE 4.94 · LRV 13
AF-120
#746147
Tamarind
ΔE 4.96 · LRV 13
1231
#7D5C4F
Wynwood
ΔE 5.78 · LRV 13

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.62
All brown at PPG / Glidden →
1085-7
#7A634D
Fig Branches
ΔE 2.62 · LRV 14
1078-7
#76604E
Chocolate Ripple
ΔE 3.05 · LRV 13
1071-7
#805B48
Spiced Cinnamon
ΔE 4.4 · LRV 13
16-23
#835842
Tampico Brown
ΔE 5.51 · LRV 12
1097-7
#756244
Olive Wood
ΔE 5.88 · LRV 13

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.88
All brown at Magnolia Home →
JG-164
#825E3F
Cognac
ΔE 2.88 · LRV 13
JG-168
#655D50
Mosswood
ΔE 9.76 · LRV 11
JG-147
#6C6563
Salvaged
ΔE 11.87 · LRV 13
JG-49
#716B49
Landscape
ΔE 12.97 · LRV 15
JG-169
#626056
Trailhead
ΔE 13.07 · LRV 12

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #7C5F47 in HSL space. Pair Two-Step with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#7C5F47 + #47647C
TRIADIC
#7C5F47 · #477C5F · #5F477C
ANALOGOUS
#7C474A · #7C5F47 · #7C7A47

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
5.86:1 AA
Sample text on black
3.58:1 AA Large

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

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