Beachy Keen
PPG1081-2 · #E5CFB6 · LRV 65 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Revere Pewter55
- 2Agreeable Gray60
- 3Beachy Keen65
- 4Shoji White74
- 5Dover White83
What Color Is Beachy Keen, Really?
Beachy Keen reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1081-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Beachy Keen
Beachy Keen 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 Beachy Keen
At LRV 65, Beachy Keen 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 Beachy Keen 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 PPG / Glidden PPG1081-2 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 | Irish CreamSW 7537 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.5 | 66 | Color page → |
| Behr | Toasted CashewPWN-66 · Behr | 1.6 | 65 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Sea Urchin1052 · Benjamin Moore | 2.0 | 64 | Color page → |
| Valspar | BaguetteT536 · Valspar | 0.4 | 65 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Mayan Tan10YY 63/162 · Glidden | 0.8 | 63 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Tawny Bluff312-2DB · Dutch Boy | 1.5 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Beachy Keen within PPG / Glidden'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 #E5CFB6 in HSL space. Pair Beachy Keen with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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