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FARROW & BALL · NO. 230

Farrow & Ball Calamine#E6D1CB · LRV 67

Calamine reads as a red / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Farrow & Ball No. 230 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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FARROW & BALL CALAMINE
RGB 230, 209, 203 LRV 67

Color spec

Brand Farrow & Ball
Name Calamine
SKU No. 230
Hex #E6D1CB
RGB 230, 209, 203
HSL 13°, 35%, 85%
LRV 67
Undertone red / warm
Family Pink

About Farrow & Ball Calamine

At LRV 67, Calamine 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.

Calamine 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
Pout
SKU 0125 · #E4CCC3 · LRV 64
ΔE 1.86 (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 pink from that brand.

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.81
All pink at PPG / Glidden →
1059-2
#E9D2CC
Birthday Cake
ΔE 0.81 · LRV 68
1060-2
#E3D1CC
China Silk
ΔE 1.12 · LRV 66
1056-2
#E3D2CE
Romeo
ΔE 1.57 · LRV 67
1065-3
#E9CFC8
Honeysweet
ΔE 1.76 · LRV 66
1073-3
#E3D1C8
Pale Taupe
ΔE 2.2 · LRV 66

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.32
All pink at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6051
#E2CCC7
Pale Berries
ΔE 1.32 · LRV 63
DE6030
#E2D5D3
Whirlwind
ΔE 3.29 · LRV 68
DE6016
#E8D2D6
Desert Mauve
ΔE 4.77 · LRV 68
DE6023
#EDD1D3
Short and Sweet
ΔE 4.83 · LRV 68
DE6058
#DCD3CE
Thick Fog
ΔE 4.87 · LRV 66

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.38
All pink at Benjamin Moore →
1241
#E0CEC9
Morristown Cream
ΔE 1.38 · LRV 62
1177
#E6CFC5
Rose Accent
ΔE 1.87 · LRV
2096-60
#E2CFC4
Light Mocha
ΔE 2.9 · LRV 63
1248
#DFD1D0
Organdy
ΔE 3.17 · LRV 64
1164
#E7D1C2
Coastal Cottage
ΔE 4.16 · LRV 66

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.56
All pink at Valspar →
1006-10C
#E2CFC7
Tender Shell
ΔE 1.56 · LRV 64.8
8003-9A
#ECD2CB
Charmed
ΔE 1.79 · LRV 68
T533
#E5D5CE
Dusky Sand
ΔE 2.31 · LRV 68.7
1008-8C
#ECD0CB
Rosy Glow
ΔE 2.66 · LRV 67.3
1004-10C
#E0D3CE
Ancestral Haze
ΔE 3.1 · LRV 66.8

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.73
All pink at Behr →
S220-1
#E7D5CB
Autumn Blush
ΔE 2.73 · LRV 69
MQ3-37
#E7D2C4
Soft Shoe
ΔE 3.85 · LRV 67
PPU2-05
#E3D5CB
Sheer Scarf
ΔE 4.1 · LRV 68
PPU2-5
#E3D5CB
Sheer Scarf
ΔE 4.1 · LRV 68
N190-2
#DFD4CD
Stonewashed Brown
ΔE 4.37 · LRV 67

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.92
All pink at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6302
#EBD1CF
Innocence
ΔE 2.92 · LRV 68
SW 6323
#EBCFC3
Romance
ΔE 3.1 · LRV 66
SW 6295
#E8D4D5
Demure
ΔE 3.37 · LRV 69
SW 6316
#EBCECB
Rosy Outlook
ΔE 3.45 · LRV 66
SW 7596
#E2D3C4
Only Natural
ΔE 5.85 · LRV 67

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.3
All pink at Magnolia Home →
JG-24
#E4CDC0
Ella Rose
ΔE 3.3 · LRV 64
JG-98
#D4CDD0
In Bloom
ΔE 6.54 · LRV 62
JG-132
#DAD8D1
Yarn
ΔE 8.93 · LRV 69
JG-112
#DEDACE
Locally Sown
ΔE 9.43 · LRV 70
JG-167
#E3D9C4
Morning Snow
ΔE 10.13 · LRV 70

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.22
All pink at Backdrop →
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 5.22 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 7.12 · LRV 53
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 9.87 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 11.64 · LRV 73
BD-DS
#F2EAD2
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
ΔE 12.71 · LRV 84

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.23
All pink at Clare →
PNT100-LT-20
#E4D6C7
Neutral Territory
ΔE 6.23 · LRV 69
PNT100-LT-18
#D8D3CD
Beigeing
ΔE 7.04 · LRV 66
PNT100-LT-21
#DED3C1
Turbinado
ΔE 8.55 · LRV 66
PNT100-LT-07
#D6D7D2
Seize The Gray
ΔE 10.14 · LRV 68
PNT100-LT-19
#E1DDCF
No Filter
ΔE 10.19 · LRV 72

Similar Farrow & Ball colors

closest in the Farrow & Ball deck

The nearest shades to Calamine within Farrow & Ball's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

No. 241
Skimming Stone
LRV 68
No. 274
Ammonite
LRV 69
No. 202
Pink Ground
LRV 71
No. 277
Dimpse
LRV 69
No. 282
Shadow White
LRV 69
No. 201
Shaded White
LRV 65

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #E6D1CB in HSL space. Pair Calamine with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#E6D1CB + #CBE0E6
TRIADIC
#E6D1CB · #CBE6D1 · #D1CBE6
ANALOGOUS
#E6CBD2 · #E6D1CB · #E6DFCB

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.46:1 fail
Sample text on black
14.35:1 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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