PPG / GLIDDEN · PPG1001-4

PPG / Glidden Chinchilla#A8A49E · LRV 38

Why this color. The cool mid-greige PPG markets in trend palettes.

Chinchilla reads as a red-orange / warm — mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light. The notes below cover the spec, what PPG / Glidden PPG1001-4 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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PPG / GLIDDEN CHINCHILLA

RGB 168, 164, 158 LRV 38

Color spec

Brand	PPG / Glidden
Name	Chinchilla
SKU	PPG1001-4
Hex	#A8A49E
RGB	168, 164, 158
HSL	36°, 5%, 64%
LRV	38
Undertone	red-orange / warm
Family	Gray

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

Shark Fin

SKU 0574 · #A5A39A · LRV 37

ΔE 2.16 (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 gray from that brand.

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.85

All gray at Behr →

N180-4

#ABA6A0

Moleskin

ΔE 0.85 · LRV 38

MQ2-56

#ABA096

Abbey Stone

ΔE 3.54 · LRV 36

HDC-NT-14

#AEA496

Smoked Tan

ΔE 4 · LRV 38

N170-4

#AA9F9B

Coffee With Cream

ΔE 4.18 · LRV 36

N200-4

#A1A499

Rustic Taupe

ΔE 4.88 · LRV 36

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.08

All gray at Valspar →

4003-1C

#A9A39D

Rocky Bluffs

ΔE 1.08 · LRV 37.2

8006-2E

#A8A298

Graceful Gray

ΔE 2.01 · LRV 37

V121-2

#A7A7A2

Classic Grayscale

ΔE 2.17 · LRV 38.4

M219

#A8A7A5

Warm Shale

ΔE 2.4 · LRV 38.5

V145-3

#A8A89F

Building Block

ΔE 3.05 · LRV 38.7

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.51

All gray at Magnolia Home →

JG-118

#ACA9A3

Refinished

ΔE 1.51 · LRV 40

JG-114

#AAA497

Quaint Cottage

ΔE 3.2 · LRV 37

JG-15

#A7A9A3

Weathered Windmill

ΔE 3.37 · LRV 39

JG-137

#A3A7A1

Vintage Weathervane

ΔE 4.2 · LRV 38

JG-110

#B5A89A

Rustic Oak

ΔE 5 · LRV 40

Benjamin Moore

3,919 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.1

All gray at Benjamin Moore →

AF-675

#A6A3A1

Fusion

ΔE 2.1 · LRV 37

HC-105

#A9A396

Rockport

ΔE 3.22 · LRV 37

CSP-200

#AFA598

Quicksand

ΔE 3.73 · LRV 38

1482

#A5A89F

Sabre

ΔE 4.33 · LRV 39

CSP-140

#ABA494

Chateau

ΔE 4.43 · LRV 37

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.12

All gray at Sherwin-Williams →

SW 7066

#A7A8A2

Gray Matters

ΔE 2.82 · LRV 39

SW 2821

#A6A397

Downing Stone

ΔE 3.17 · LRV 37

SW 6199

#A6A69B

Rare Gray

ΔE 3.65 · LRV 38

SW 7059

#A3A7A0

Unusual Gray

ΔE 4.34 · LRV 38

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.24

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NO. 6

#B6A38F

London Stone

ΔE 7.64 · LRV 38

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.36

All gray at Dunn-Edwards →

DE6375

#A9AAAB

Castlerock

ΔE 4.36 · LRV 40

DE6388

#AFA8A9

Smoky Mountain

ΔE 4.85 · LRV 40

DE6361

#A1A5A8

Baby Seal

ΔE 5.59 · LRV 37

DE6291

#9DA7A0

Casting Shadow

ΔE 7 · LRV 37

DE6032

#B29E9D

Hazelnut

ΔE 8.58 · LRV 36

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.77

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Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.9

All gray at Clare →

PNT100-LT-15

#9CA2A7

Set In Stone

ΔE 6.9 · LRV 36

PNT100-LT-32

#9C9CA7

Cosmic Vibes

ΔE 9.17 · LRV 34

PNT100-DP-78

#99AAA4

Mellow Mood

ΔE 9.6 · LRV 38

PNT100-MD-43

#9AB0AB

Make Waves

ΔE 11.34 · LRV 41

PNT100-LT-38

#90A6AE

Good Jeans

ΔE 11.66 · LRV 36

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #A8A49E in HSL space. Pair Chinchilla with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY

#A8A49E + #9EA2A8

TRIADIC

#A8A49E · #9EA8A4 · #A49EA8

ANALOGOUS

#A89F9E · #A8A49E · #A7A89E

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white

2.48:1 fail

Sample text on black

8.47:1 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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