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FARROW & BALL · NO. 231

Farrow & Ball Setting Plaster#D6BFA8 · LRV 56

Why this color. The cult millennial-pink that ran the trend cycle 2018-2022.

Setting Plaster reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Farrow & Ball No. 231 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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FARROW & BALL SETTING PLASTER
RGB 214, 191, 168 LRV 56

Color spec

Brand Farrow & Ball
Name Setting Plaster
SKU No. 231
Hex #D6BFA8
RGB 214, 191, 168
HSL 30°, 36%, 75%
LRV 56
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Pink

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
Candle Light
SKU 0168 · #DDC1A6 · LRV 56
ΔE 1.98 (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.

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.53
All pink at Behr →
HDC-MD-12
#D4BEA7
Tiramisu Cream
ΔE 0.53 · LRV 54
HDC-SM14-3
#D5BDA5
Concept Beige
ΔE 0.64 · LRV 53
290E-3
#D5BDA7
Classic Taupe
ΔE 0.85 · LRV 53
PPU7-08
#D2C1A9
Baja
ΔE 2.9 · LRV 55
PPU7-8
#D2C1A9
Baja
ΔE 2.9 · LRV 55

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.87
All pink at Valspar →
V088-2
#D9C1A8
Silken Stockings
ΔE 0.87 · LRV 55.8
8004-14C
#DAC1AA
Vanilla Iced Coffee
ΔE 1.03 · LRV 56
P084
#DAC1AA
Vanilla Iced Coffee
ΔE 1.03 · LRV 56
V131-2
#D4BFAC
Warm Alpaca
ΔE 1.47 · LRV 54.4
3003-10B
#D1BEAA
Hopsack
ΔE 1.63 · LRV 53.3

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.46
All pink at Dunn-Edwards →
DEC746
#D5BFA5
Apache Tan
ΔE 1.46 · LRV 54
DE6143
#D6C0A4
Almond Latte
ΔE 2.19 · LRV 55
DEC747
#D5C3AD
Sahara
ΔE 2.19 · LRV 56
DE6199
#D6C5A9
Pale Beach
ΔE 4.11 · LRV 57
DEC767
#D2C5AE
Riverbed
ΔE 4.69 · LRV 57

Benjamin Moore

3,919 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.64
All pink at Benjamin Moore →
2163-50
#DBC1AB
Burlap
ΔE 1.64 · LRV 56
HC-48
#D2BEA5
Bradstreet
ΔE 1.89 · LRV 53
1152
#DABDA6
Nature's
ΔE 2.45 · LRV 54
1166
#D9BBA6
Groundhog
ΔE 3.37 · LRV 53
1226
#D9BEAE
Crossroads
ΔE 4.08 · LRV 55

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.4
All pink at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7527
#D0BFAA
Nantucket Dune
ΔE 2.4 · LRV 54
SW 9110
#CFBEA9
Malabar
ΔE 2.44 · LRV 53
SW 36
#D9C3A6
Buckram Binding
ΔE 2.69 · LRV 57
SW 56
#D6BCAA
Classic Sand
ΔE 3 · LRV 53
SW 7532
#CFC0AB
Urban Putty
ΔE 3.31 · LRV 54

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.83
All pink at PPG / Glidden →
14-18
#D3BC9E
Gaia
ΔE 2.83 · LRV 52
1082-4
#DFC0A6
Weathered Sandstone
ΔE 2.86 · LRV 56
1071-4
#DBBBA7
Cinnamon Ice
ΔE 4.34 · LRV 53
1072-3
#D5BFB4
Wild Rice
ΔE 5.22 · LRV 55
1101-3
#CEC1A5
Stylish
ΔE 5.66 · LRV 54

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.62
All pink at Magnolia Home →
JG-109
#C5BBAC
Solid Wood
ΔE 5.62 · LRV 50
JG-156
#D3C9B7
Plaster
ΔE 5.77 · LRV 59
JG-104
#D1C8B8
Southern Grown
ΔE 6.07 · LRV 58
JG-133
#C6BBB2
Cinnamon Sugar
ΔE 6.31 · LRV 51
JG-127
#C7C2BB
Anatolian
ΔE 8.36 · LRV 54

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.79
All pink at Clare →
PNT100-LT-60
#DEC4B8
Meet Cute
ΔE 5.79 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-17
#D4CBC0
Flatiron
ΔE 6.69 · LRV 61
PNT100-LT-13
#C2B8B2
Greige
ΔE 7.73 · LRV 49
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 12.03 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 12.69 · LRV 60

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #D6BFA8 in HSL space. Pair Setting Plaster with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#D6BFA8 + #A8BFD6
TRIADIC
#D6BFA8 · #A8D6BF · #BFA8D6
ANALOGOUS
#D6A8A8 · #D6BFA8 · #D6D6A8

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.77:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.88:1 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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