Diamond Weave
HGSW 3166 · #E1CDAE · LRV 63 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Light French Gray53
- 2Accessible Beige58
- 3Diamond Weave63
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Diamond Weave, Really?
Diamond Weave reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 3166 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Diamond Weave
Diamond Weave 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.
How Lighting Changes Diamond Weave
At LRV 63, Diamond Weave 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.
Most complaints about Diamond Weave 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 3166 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 | SundewSW 7688 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 63 | Color page → |
| Behr | Concord BuffHDC-AC-09 · Behr | 1.5 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Blond Wood1067 · Benjamin Moore | 0.2 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Peasant Bread8003-22B · Valspar | 1.3 | 64 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Almond CreamPPG1086-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.0 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Almond CreamPPG1086-3 · Glidden | 0.9 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Diamond Weave 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 #E1CDAE in HSL space. Pair Diamond Weave with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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