Cabbage Rose
JG-26 · #E8C3B8 · LRV 60 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Vintage Tea Rose47
- 2Pink Quartz53
- 3Cabbage Rose60
- 4Romance66
- 5First Light76
What Color Is Cabbage Rose, Really?
Cabbage Rose reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Magnolia Home JG-26 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cabbage Rose
Cabbage Rose 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. Soft pinks flatter bedrooms and nurseries; deeper ones make a confident statement.
How Lighting Changes Cabbage Rose
At LRV 60, Cabbage Rose is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. 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. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Cabbage Rose 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 Magnolia Home JG-26 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 | Pink ShadowSW 70 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.2 | 58 | Color page → |
| Behr | Coral CoastHDC-CT-14 · Behr | 1.7 | 61 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Sweet Romance1192 · Benjamin Moore | 1.3 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Pink Cashmere8002-9B · Valspar | 3.0 | 61 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Rose PetalPPG1057-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.2 | 58 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Rose PetalPPG1057-3 · Glidden | 2.2 | 59 | Color page → |
Similar Magnolia Home Colors
The nearest shades to Cabbage Rose within Magnolia Home'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 #E8C3B8 in HSL space. Pair Cabbage Rose with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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