Cheerful Heart
PPG1016-3 · #DBC6BF · LRV 59 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Vintage Tea Rose47
- 2Pink Quartz53
- 3Cheerful Heart59
- 4Romance66
- 5First Light76
What Color Is Cheerful Heart, Really?
Cheerful Heart reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1016-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cheerful Heart
Cheerful Heart 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 Cheerful Heart
At LRV 59, Cheerful Heart 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 Cheerful Heart 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 PPG1016-3 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 | Abalone ShellSW 6050 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.7 | 60 | Color page → |
| Behr | Regal760A-3 · Behr | 1.2 | 59 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Acapulco Sand2105-60 · Benjamin Moore | 1.0 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Berry Cream1004-10B · Valspar | 1.5 | 57 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Cheerful HeartPPG1016-3 · Glidden | 0.2 | 60 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Mauve Mystery407-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.2 | 57 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Cheerful Heart 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 #DBC6BF in HSL space. Pair Cheerful Heart with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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