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FARROW & BALL · NO. 275

Farrow & Ball Purbeck Stone#C4BEB4 · LRV 52

Purbeck Stone reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Farrow & Ball No. 275 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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FARROW & BALL PURBECK STONE
RGB 196, 190, 180 LRV 52

Color spec

Brand Farrow & Ball
Name Purbeck Stone
SKU No. 275
Hex #C4BEB4
RGB 196, 190, 180
HSL 37°, 12%, 74%
LRV 52
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Neutral

About Farrow & Ball Purbeck Stone

At LRV 52, Purbeck Stone is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange 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.

Purbeck Stone 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.

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
Hearthstone
SKU 0567 · #C7BEB2 · LRV 52
ΔE 1.46 (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 neutral from that brand.

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.52
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7641
#C6C0B6
Colonnade Gray
ΔE 0.52 · LRV 53
SW 1015
#C6BFB3
Skyline Steel
ΔE 0.92 · LRV 53
SW 2844
#C2BDB1
Roycroft Mist Gray
ΔE 1.26 · LRV 51
SW 54
#C8BFB5
Twilight Gray
ΔE 1.58 · LRV 53
SW 7649
#C2C0BA
Silverplate
ΔE 2.38 · LRV 53

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.94
All neutral at Valspar →
8006-2D
#C1BBB0
Ask Me Anything
ΔE 0.94 · LRV 50
M341
#C8C2B6
Clay Figurine
ΔE 1.35 · LRV 54.2
M111
#C7C2B4
Feathers of a Dove
ΔE 2.22 · LRV 53.9
8004-26C
#C0BDAE
Mother Nature
ΔE 3.13 · LRV 51
T678
#BDC2BC
Sleepy
ΔE 5.4 · LRV 52.9

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.98
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
861
#C3BDB1
Shale
ΔE 0.98 · LRV 50
1550
#C5C1B8
Cumulus Cloud
ΔE 1.2 · LRV 52
1466
#C1BFBA
Smoke Embers
ΔE 2.66 · LRV 51
996
#C9BEAF
Ashen Tan
ΔE 2.67 · LRV 51
1486
#C1BFB1
Winterwood
ΔE 3.11 · LRV

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.98
All neutral at Behr →
N230-3
#C8C1B6
Armadillo
ΔE 0.98 · LRV 54
PPU8-17
#C5C0B1
Fortress Stone
ΔE 2.48 · LRV 53
PPU5-13
#CABDAF
Creamy Mushroom
ΔE 3.23 · LRV 52
QE-50
#BFBFBA
Gull Gray
ΔE 3.34 · LRV 52
HDC-WR15-3
#C2BFBC
Noble Gray
ΔE 3.37 · LRV 52

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.72
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-127
#C7C2BB
Anatolian
ΔE 1.72 · LRV 54
JG-109
#C5BBAC
Solid Wood
ΔE 2.5 · LRV 50
JG-133
#C6BBB2
Cinnamon Sugar
ΔE 2.79 · LRV 51
JG-123
#BBBDB9
Day-to-day
ΔE 4.39 · LRV 50
JG-06
#B9BFB5
Americana Egg
ΔE 5.95 · LRV 51

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.01
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
1023-3
#C9BFB2
Ashen
ΔE 2.01 · LRV 53
1019-3
#C6BAAF
Legendary
ΔE 2.95 · LRV 50
1005-3
#C2BDBA
Gray Shadows
ΔE 3.46 · LRV 51
1004-3
#C4BDBA
Hush
ΔE 3.84 · LRV 52
1017-3
#C8BCB7
Fond Memory
ΔE 4.57 · LRV 52

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.48
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DEC795
#C3C0BB
Gray Pearl
ΔE 2.48 · LRV 53
DEC752
#CCBEAC
Birchwood
ΔE 4.15 · LRV 53
DE6234
#C5C0AC
Serene Thought
ΔE 4.44 · LRV 53
DE6059
#C5B9B4
Chocolate Milk
ΔE 4.66 · LRV 50
DE6031
#CDBDBA
Wafting Gray
ΔE 6.89 · LRV 53

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.59
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-13
#C2B8B2
Greige
ΔE 3.59 · LRV 49
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 4.69 · LRV 54
PNT100-MD-48
#B5B9A6
Money Moves
ΔE 7.17 · LRV 47
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 7.45 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-37
#B1C6CA
Summer Friday
ΔE 12.04 · LRV 54

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.07
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 5.07 · LRV 65
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 9.9 · LRV 60
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 11.88 · LRV 41
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 12.85 · LRV 53
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 16.04 · LRV 51

Similar Farrow & Ball colors

closest in the Farrow & Ball deck

The nearest shades to Purbeck Stone 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. 229
Elephant's Breath
LRV 53
No. 266
Mizzle
LRV 53
No. 283
Drop Cloth
LRV 52
No. 242
Pavilion Gray
LRV 55
No. 22
Light Blue
LRV 49
No. 211
Stony Ground
LRV 54

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C4BEB4 in HSL space. Pair Purbeck Stone with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C4BEB4 + #B4BAC4
TRIADIC
#C4BEB4 · #B4C4BE · #BEB4C4
ANALOGOUS
#C4B6B4 · #C4BEB4 · #C2C4B4

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.85:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.37:1 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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