Cocoa Berrie
HGSW 3024 · #A08882 · LRV 27 — warm red tone, mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light.
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What Color Is Cocoa Berrie, Really?
Cocoa Berrie reads as a warm red tone — mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 3024 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cocoa Berrie
Cocoa Berrie is versatile enough for full rooms but has enough depth to anchor a space, so it suits living rooms, bedrooms and cabinetry alike. Browns ground a room and pair naturally with leather, wood and warm metals.
How Lighting Changes Cocoa Berrie
Cocoa Berrie sits in the mid-range at LRV 27, so it shifts visibly through the day — lighter and more open in morning light, deeper and moodier after dark. 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. South-facing rooms will pull it lighter and warmer, while north light cools it down.
Most complaints about Cocoa Berrie are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 3024 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Cocoa BerrySW 9078 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 27 | Color page → |
| Behr | Regency RoseUL110-11 · Behr | 2.5 | 27 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Barberry1244 · Benjamin Moore | 3.2 | 27 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Channel Seal Gray1001-9C · Valspar | 3.7 | 27.4 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Smoky QuartzPPG18-08 · PPG / Glidden | 4.5 | 28 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Rowhouse Brown70YR 25/106 · Glidden | 2.7 | 25 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Cocoa Berrie within HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #A08882 in HSL space. Pair Cocoa Berrie with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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