Magnolia Home Coal#1F2025 · LRV 3
Why this color. The Magnolia near-black used on the famed black farmhouse.
Coal reads as a near-black with subtle hue — very dark — reads black in most rooms. The notes below cover the spec, what Magnolia Home JG-040 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Color spec
| Brand | Magnolia Home |
| Name | Coal |
| SKU | JG-040 |
| Hex | #1F2025 |
| RGB | 31, 32, 37 |
| HSL | 230°, 9%, 13% |
| LRV | 3 |
| Undertone | near-black with subtle hue |
| Family | Black |
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.
Closest matches at every US brand
9 brands · top 5 each5 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 black from that brand.
Backdrop
Valspar
Sherwin-Williams
Benjamin Moore
Behr
Dunn-Edwards
Farrow & Ball
PPG / Glidden
Clare
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #1F2025 in HSL space. Pair Coal with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
Accessibility (WCAG contrast)
WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.