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GLIDDEN · PPG1019-3

Glidden Legendary#C6BAAF · LRV 50

Legendary reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Glidden PPG1019-3 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

GLIDDEN LEGENDARY
RGB 198, 186, 175 LRV 50

Color spec

Brand Glidden
Name Legendary
SKU PPG1019-3
Hex #C6BAAF
RGB 198, 186, 175
HSL 29°, 17%, 73%
LRV 50
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Neutral

About Glidden Legendary

At LRV 50, Legendary 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.

Legendary 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.

Closest matches at every US brand

20 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.

SW 6065 · #CBB9AB · ΔE 2.5 · LRV 50
SW 9173 · #C8BCAB · ΔE 2.79 · LRV 51
SW 7524 · #CABAA8 · ΔE 2.93 · LRV 50
SW 9567 · #C1BBB0 · ΔE 3.03 · LRV 50
SW 2844 · #C2BDB1 · ΔE 3.78 · LRV 51

Behr

5,644 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.74
All neutral at Behr →
ECC-44-1 · #C7BCAE · ΔE 1.74 · LRV 51
N230-3 · #C9B9AE · ΔE 1.86 · LRV 50
HDC-NT-16G · #C6BCAD · ΔE 2.48 · LRV 51
ECC-46-1 · #C2BCAE · ΔE 3.82 · LRV 50
HDC-FL13-10 · #C2BBAB · ΔE 4.04 · LRV 50

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.77
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
1005 · #C3B8AE · ΔE 0.77 · LRV 49
CC-394 · #C3B8AE · ΔE 0.77 · LRV 49
CSP-405 · #C5B7AC · ΔE 1.17 · LRV 48
CSP-65 · #C4BAAB · ΔE 2.47 · LRV 50
984 · #C4BAAA · ΔE 2.89 · LRV 48

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.57
All neutral at Valspar →
1002-10B · #C5B6AE · ΔE 2.57 · LRV 48.4
V132-3 · #C7B6A6 · ΔE 2.64 · LRV 48.2
2005-10B · #CCB9AC · ΔE 2.91 · LRV 50.7
8006-2D · #C1BBB0 · ΔE 3.03 · LRV 50
8004-26C · #C0BDAE · ΔE 5.54 · LRV 51

PPG / Glidden

2,132 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.55
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
PPG1019-3 · #C5B9AF · ΔE 0.55 · LRV 50
PPG1000-2 · #C2B9AD · ΔE 1.8 · LRV 49
PPG18-03 · #C9B8AA · ΔE 2.16 · LRV 50
PPG1017-3 · #C8BCB6 · ΔE 2.62 · LRV 52
PPG15-25 · #C8BCAA · ΔE 3.22 · LRV 51

Dutch Boy

1,340 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.22
All neutral at Dutch Boy →
406-3DB · #C1B6AB · ΔE 1.22 · LRV 48
405-2DB · #C8BFB5 · ΔE 1.78 · LRV 53
439-2DB · #C6C0B6 · ΔE 3.12 · LRV 53
421-2DB · #C7BCA8 · ΔE 4.26 · LRV 51
403-2DB · #C6B9B8 · ΔE 5.37 · LRV 50
HGSW 3066 · #CBB9AB · ΔE 2.5 · LRV 50
HGSW 6065 · #CBB9AB · ΔE 2.5 · LRV 50
HGSW 1495 · #BEB9B0 · ΔE 3.33 · LRV 49
HGSW 7638 · #C0B9A9 · ΔE 4.09 · LRV 49
HGSW 3226 · #BFB9AA · ΔE 4.19 · LRV 49

Dunn-Edwards

2,298 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.88
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DEGR03 · #C8BDB2 · ΔE 0.88 · LRV 52
DEGR15 · #C0B6AB · ΔE 1.53 · LRV 47
DEGR08 · #C1BBB2 · ΔE 2.76 · LRV 50
DE6059 · #C5B9B4 · ΔE 3.08 · LRV 46
DET637 · #C7BDA8 · ΔE 4.92 · LRV 51

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.94
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-133 · #C6BBB2 · ΔE 0.94 · LRV 51
JG-109 · #C5BBAC · ΔE 2.46 · LRV 50
JG-19 · #BDB7AC · ΔE 3.23 · LRV 48
JG-123 · #BBBDB9 · ΔE 6.89 · LRV 50
JG-06 · #B9BFB5 · ΔE 8.99 · LRV 51

Farrow & Ball

209 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.72
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 229 · #C7BEB3 · ΔE 1.72 · LRV 52
NO. 275 · #C0BCB3 · ΔE 3.8 · LRV 50
NO. 283 · #C5BDAC · ΔE 4.02 · LRV 51
NO. 207 · #CBB5AE · ΔE 5.48 · LRV 49
NO. 58 · #C3BBA5 · ΔE 5.87 · LRV 50

Diamond Vogel

1,386 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.5
All neutral at Diamond Vogel →
0197 · #C2B9AB · ΔE 2.5 · LRV 49
0211 · #C0B9AC · ΔE 3.08 · LRV 49
0336 · #C6BCAA · ΔE 3.72 · LRV 51
0573 · #C3BEB2 · ΔE 3.82 · LRV 51
0232 · #C2BCAD · ΔE 4.13 · LRV 50

Hirshfield's

1,469 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.94
All neutral at Hirshfield's →
0567 · #C7BEB2 · ΔE 1.94 · LRV 52
0188 · #CCBBAB · ΔE 2.51 · LRV 52
0232 · #C2BAAB · ΔE 3.26 · LRV 50
0573 · #C0BBAE · ΔE 4.02 · LRV 50
H0109 · #C4BDAD · ΔE 4.05 · LRV 51

Rodda

357 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.9
All neutral at Rodda →
CA069 · #C9BDB1 · ΔE 0.9 · LRV 52
CA035 · #C5B7A7 · ΔE 2.25 · LRV 48
CA079 · #C2BAAD · ΔE 2.56 · LRV 50
CA036 · #C8BAA8 · ΔE 2.92 · LRV 50
CA140 · #C3BAA7 · ΔE 4.43 · LRV 50

C2 Paint

580 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.53
All neutral at C2 Paint →
C2-798 · #C1B8AF · ΔE 1.53 · LRV 49
C2-784 · #C9BAAA · ΔE 2.14 · LRV 50
C2-928 · #C1BCB3 · ΔE 3.28 · LRV 51
C2-896 · #C4B8A3 · ΔE 4.51 · LRV 49
C2-943 · #BCBCAD · ΔE 6.97 · LRV 50

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.39
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-13 · #C2B8B2 · ΔE 2.39 · LRV 49
PNT100-LT-09 · #C1C3C0 · ΔE 7.18 · LRV 54
PNT100-MD-48 · #B5B9A6 · ΔE 9.73 · LRV 47
PNT100-LT-10 · #C1CAC5 · ΔE 10.45 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-37 · #B1C6CA · ΔE 14.66 · LRV 54

Portola Paints

69 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.92
All neutral at Portola Paints →
TOPANGA · #D4C0AF · ΔE 3.92 · LRV 55
PIANO ROOM · #BAB6AB · ΔE 4.36 · LRV 47
SEVILLA · #BDB6A2 · ΔE 5.7 · LRV 47
SIMMER DOWN · #BAB3B6 · ΔE 7.29 · LRV 46
MAGIC POTION · #BAB5BD · ΔE 9.61 · LRV 47

Annie Sloan

31 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.62
All neutral at Annie Sloan →
PALOMA · #BFB5B3 · ΔE 4.62 · LRV 47
CHICAGO GREY · #BABAB9 · ΔE 6.47 · LRV 49
PARIS GREY · #BEC0B3 · ΔE 7.54 · LRV 52
LOUIS BLUE · #AEBECB · ΔE 14.72 · LRV 50
SVENSKA BLUE · #A4BEB7 · ΔE 16.2 · LRV 48

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.55
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR · #D6CFBE · ΔE 6.55 · LRV 65
BD-BG · #E5BEB0 · ΔE 10.15 · LRV 53
BD-RO · #D2A299 · ΔE 13.8 · LRV 38
BD-UD · #A4B5BB · ΔE 13.93 · LRV 41
BD-LO · #A4C2D2 · ΔE 18.05 · LRV 51

Rust-Oleum

16 colors in deck · best ΔE 9
All neutral at Rust-Oleum →
285142 · #E2CDCC · ΔE 9 · LRV 64
285143 · #B6B9BE · ΔE 9.35 · LRV 48
371674 · #A5A78F · ΔE 11.98 · LRV 38
398641 · #E2D7B0 · ΔE 12.4 · LRV 68
285139 · #ACCECD · ΔE 18.24 · LRV 57

Kompozit

1,321 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.94
All neutral at Kompozit →
0567 · #C7BEB2 · ΔE 1.94 · LRV 52
0188 · #CCBBAB · ΔE 2.51 · LRV 51
0232 · #C2BAAB · ΔE 3.26 · LRV 50
0573 · #C0BBAE · ΔE 4.02 · LRV 50
0336 · #C5BAA6 · ΔE 4.26 · LRV 50

Similar Glidden colors

closest in the Glidden deck

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

20YY 49/071 · LRV 49
10YY 48/071 · LRV 48
90YR 49/085 · LRV 49
PPG1000-2 · LRV 50
30YY 49/071 · LRV 49
PPG18-03 · LRV 50

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C6BAAF in HSL space. Pair Legendary with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C6BAAF + #AFBBC6
TRIADIC
#C6BAAF · #AFC6BA · #BAAFC6
ANALOGOUS
#C6AFB0 · #C6BAAF · #C6C6AF

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.9:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.04:1 AAA

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

Glidden Legendary Equivalents at Other Brands

Matching Legendary from a different paint counter? Below is the single closest color in each major US deck and how close it really is. Remember that any paint store can also custom-tint Glidden PPG1019-3 directly — these equivalents are for when you'd rather stay inside one brand's own deck.

Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Legendary

At Sherwin-Williams, the closest color to Legendary is Viaduct (SW 9567) — very close at ΔE 3.03, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 50) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Viaduct swatch →

Behr Equivalent of Legendary

Behr's nearest match is Armadillo (N230-3), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.86). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 50) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Legendary without repainting risk. See the full Armadillo swatch →

Benjamin Moore Equivalent of Legendary

At Benjamin Moore, the closest color to Legendary is Old Soul (CSP-65) — very close at ΔE 2.47, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 50) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Old Soul swatch →

Valspar Equivalent of Legendary

At Valspar, the closest color to Legendary is Ask Me Anything (8006-2D) — very close at ΔE 3.03, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 50) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Ask Me Anything swatch →

PPG / Glidden Equivalent of Legendary

The closest PPG / Glidden equivalent of Legendary is Legendary (PPG1019-3). At ΔE 0.55 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same warm red-orange undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 50). If PPG / Glidden is your counter, order Legendary and you'll get the same color. See the full Legendary swatch →

Dutch Boy Equivalent of Legendary

Dutch Boy has no exact twin of Legendary. The nearest is Weathered Stone (421-2DB) at ΔE 4.26 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 51 vs 50). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Weathered Stone swatch →

HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Legendary

At HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams, the closest color to Legendary is Social Call (HGSW 3066) — very close at ΔE 2.5, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 50) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Social Call swatch →

Dunn-Edwards Equivalent of Legendary

At Dunn-Edwards, the closest color to Legendary is Stay Calm (DEGR08) — very close at ΔE 2.76, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 50) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Stay Calm swatch →

Magnolia Home Equivalent of Legendary

The closest Magnolia Home equivalent of Legendary is Cinnamon Sugar (JG-133). At ΔE 0.94 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same warm red-orange undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 51 vs 50). If Magnolia Home is your counter, order Cinnamon Sugar and you'll get the same color. See the full Cinnamon Sugar swatch →

Farrow & Ball Equivalent of Legendary

Farrow & Ball has no exact twin of Legendary. The nearest is Purbeck Stone (NO. 275) at ΔE 3.8 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 50). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Purbeck Stone swatch →

Diamond Vogel Equivalent of Legendary

At Diamond Vogel, the closest color to Legendary is Thistle Gray (0197) — very close at ΔE 2.5, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 49 vs 50) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Thistle Gray swatch →

Hirshfield's Equivalent of Legendary

At Hirshfield's, the closest color to Legendary is Frond (0232) — very close at ΔE 3.26, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 50) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Frond swatch →

Rodda Equivalent of Legendary

At Rodda, the closest color to Legendary is Fossil (CA079) — very close at ΔE 2.56, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 50) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Fossil swatch →

C2 Paint Equivalent of Legendary

At C2 Paint, the closest color to Legendary is Cappuccino Froth (C2-784) — very close at ΔE 2.14, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 50) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Cappuccino Froth swatch →

Clare Equivalent of Legendary

At Clare, the closest color to Legendary is Greige (PNT100-LT-13) — very close at ΔE 2.39, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 49 vs 50) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Greige swatch →

Portola Paints Equivalent of Legendary

Portola Paints has no exact twin of Legendary. The nearest is Piano Room (PIANO ROOM) at ΔE 4.36 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It runs slightly darker (LRV 47 vs 50). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Piano Room swatch →

Annie Sloan Equivalent of Legendary

Annie Sloan doesn't make a true equivalent of Legendary — the nearest deck color, Paris Grey (PARIS GREY), is clearly different (ΔE 7.54). For an exact match, any Annie Sloan retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1019-3 instead. See the full Paris Grey swatch →

Backdrop Equivalent of Legendary

Backdrop doesn't make a true equivalent of Legendary — the nearest deck color, Boy Meets Girl (BD-BG), is clearly different (ΔE 10.15). For an exact match, any Backdrop retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1019-3 instead. See the full Boy Meets Girl swatch →

Rust-Oleum Equivalent of Legendary

Rust-Oleum doesn't make a true equivalent of Legendary — the nearest deck color, Aged Gray (285143), is clearly different (ΔE 9.35). For an exact match, any Rust-Oleum retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1019-3 instead. See the full Aged Gray swatch →

Kompozit Equivalent of Legendary

At Kompozit, the closest color to Legendary is Frond (0232) — very close at ΔE 3.26, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 50) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Frond swatch →

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