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Magnolia Home Earl Gray#CBC9C1 · LRV 58

Earl Gray reads as a yellow / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Magnolia Home JG-117 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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MAGNOLIA HOME EARL GRAY
RGB 203, 201, 193 LRV 58

Color spec

Brand Magnolia Home
Name Earl Gray
SKU JG-117
Hex #CBC9C1
RGB 203, 201, 193
HSL 48°, 9%, 78%
LRV 58
Undertone yellow / warm
Family Neutral

About Magnolia Home Earl Gray

At LRV 58, Earl Gray is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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.

Earl Gray 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.

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.

KOMPOZIT
Hidden Cove
SKU 0210 · #CDC7BD · LRV 58
ΔE 2 (close)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 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.

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.59
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7015
#CCC9C0
Repose Gray
ΔE 0.59 · LRV 58
SW 7651
#CCCCC5
Front Porch
ΔE 1.2 · LRV 60
SW 6197
#C9C9C0
Aloof Gray
ΔE 1.22 · LRV 58
SW 7667
#CAC9C6
Zircon
ΔE 2.41 · LRV 58
SW 7057
#C8CBC4
Silver Strand
ΔE 2.43 · LRV 59

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.68
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
1006-3
#CAC7BF
Early Evening
ΔE 0.68 · LRV 57
1007-2
#CECAC1
Swirling Smoke
ΔE 1.05 · LRV 59
1008-2
#CFC9BC
Storm's Coming
ΔE 2.55 · LRV 59
1022-2
#CFC6BC
Intuitive
ΔE 3.4 · LRV 57
1128-3
#C5CABE
Life Lesson
ΔE 4.1 · LRV 58

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.75
All neutral at Valspar →
5006-1B
#C8C7BF
Notre Dame
ΔE 0.75 · LRV 56.8
4003-1B
#CBC9C4
Filtered Shade
ΔE 1.48 · LRV 58.4
8006-2C
#D0CABF
Wet Concrete
ΔE 2.12 · LRV 60
8004-26B
#CECBBD
Gentle Soul
ΔE 2.61 · LRV 59
4002-1A
#CEC7C4
Modest Silver
ΔE 4.21 · LRV 57.8

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.01
All neutral at Behr →
790C-3
#CCCAC4
Dolphin Fin
ΔE 1.01 · LRV 59
QE-49
#CCCBC7
Mexican Silver
ΔE 1.98 · LRV 60
HDC-WR14-2
#CEC9C3
Winter Haze
ΔE 2.1 · LRV 59
770A-3
#CCC7C2
French Castle
ΔE 2.51 · LRV 58
N180-3
#CBC6C1
Race Track
ΔE 2.55 · LRV 57

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.18
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
860
#CCC8BE
Apparition
ΔE 1.18 · LRV
1541
#CCC7BD
London Fog
ΔE 1.59 · LRV
AF-680
#CFCAC2
Wish
ΔE 1.6 · LRV
HC-170
#CACBC5
Stonington Gray
ΔE 1.63 · LRV 59
1472
#C7C7C2
Silver Chain
ΔE 1.65 · LRV 57

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.29
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-08
#CBCBC5
Windy City
ΔE 1.29 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-17
#D4CBC0
Flatiron
ΔE 3.45 · LRV 61
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 5.07 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 6.15 · LRV 60
PNT100-MD-47
#C4CEBD
Dirty Martini
ΔE 7.07 · LRV 60

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.18
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 228
#D1CBC3
Cornforth White
ΔE 2.18 · LRV 60
NO. 242
#C8C3BC
Pavilion Gray
ΔE 2.22 · LRV 55
NO. 285
#CFCEC0
Cromarty
ΔE 3 · LRV 61
NO. 286
#D6C8C3
Peignoir
ΔE 6.6 · LRV 60
NO. 236
#C0CDC2
Teresa's Green
ΔE 6.99 · LRV 59

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.26
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6276
#CBCDC4
Silhouette
ΔE 2.26 · LRV 60
DEC790
#CAC7C4
Ice Gray
ΔE 2.77 · LRV 57
DE6374
#C6C6C6
Silver Polish
ΔE 4.05 · LRV 56
DE6387
#CBC5C6
Dangerous Robot
ΔE 5.81 · LRV 57
DE6066
#D5C6BD
Desert Rock
ΔE 6.26 · LRV 58

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.24
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 4.24 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 7.78 · LRV 73
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 11.22 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 14.59 · LRV 53
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 14.64 · LRV 51

Similar Magnolia Home colors

closest in the Magnolia Home deck

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

JG-12
Wedding Band
LRV 58
JG-18
Gatherings
LRV 59
JG-13
Emmie's Room
LRV 61
JG-104
Southern Grown
LRV 58
JG-156
Plaster
LRV 59
JG-127
Anatolian
LRV 54

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #CBC9C1 in HSL space. Pair Earl Gray with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#CBC9C1 + #C1C3CB
TRIADIC
#CBC9C1 · #C1CBC9 · #C9C1CB
ANALOGOUS
#CBC4C1 · #CBC9C1 · #C8CBC1

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.66:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.66:1 AAA

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

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