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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS · SW 6282

Sherwin-Williams Mauve Finery#CBB8C0 · LRV 51

Mauve Finery reads as a magenta / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Sherwin-Williams SW 6282 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS MAUVE FINERY
RGB 203, 184, 192 LRV 51

Color spec

Brand Sherwin-Williams
Name Mauve Finery
SKU SW 6282
Hex #CBB8C0
RGB 203, 184, 192
HSL 335°, 15%, 76%
LRV 51
Undertone magenta / warm
Family Purple

About Sherwin-Williams Mauve Finery

At LRV 51, Mauve Finery is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its magenta 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.

Mauve Finery 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. Purples range from restful (bedrooms) to dramatic (powder rooms) depending on depth.

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
Lavender Blessing
SKU 1211 · #D3B8C5 · LRV 52
ΔE 3.44 (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 purple from that brand.

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.49
All purple at PPG / Glidden →
1046-4
#CAB7C0
High Society
ΔE 0.49 · LRV 50
1179-4
#CEB9C4
Rose Marble
ΔE 1.51 · LRV 52
1048-4
#D3B6BA
Rose Stain
ΔE 3.72 · LRV 51
1049-3
#D6B8BD
Nostalgia
ΔE 3.9 · LRV 52
1178-4
#CFB7C9
Soft Amethyst
ΔE 4.28 · LRV 51

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.11
All purple at Valspar →
8003-2C
#CFBCC3
Calm Cupid
ΔE 1.11 · LRV 53
V076-2
#CBBBC4
Mischief
ΔE 1.33 · LRV 52.2
8004-2C
#C3B7BC
Sun Painter
ΔE 3.21 · LRV 49
P001
#C8BDC4
Lavender Sand
ΔE 3.29 · LRV 52.8
T532
#C8BEBF
Fairy Bubbles
ΔE 5.22 · LRV 53.1

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.79
All purple at Behr →
180E-3
#CFB7BE
Plymouth Notch
ΔE 1.79 · LRV 51
120E-3
#C5B3BE
Subdued Hue
ΔE 1.86 · LRV 48
N160-3
#C8B4B6
Vintage Charm
ΔE 2.88 · LRV 48
N130-3
#C2B6BB
Moonlit Mauve
ΔE 3.27 · LRV 49
MQ5-32
#C3BEC3
Such Melodrama
ΔE 6.08 · LRV 52

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.67
All purple at Benjamin Moore →
1249
#CDB9BB
Homespun Charm
ΔE 2.67 · LRV
AF-615
#C4B7BB
Violetta
ΔE 3.13 · LRV 49
2115-50
#C4BBC0
Iced Mauve
ΔE 4.32 · LRV 51
2116-50
#C1B9C4
African Violet
ΔE 4.4 · LRV 51
1445
#C4BCC0
Piano Concerto
ΔE 4.97 · LRV 51

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.12
All purple at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6017
#D4B8BF
Melting Violet
ΔE 3.12 · LRV 52
DE5975
#CDBACB
Antique Heather
ΔE 3.64 · LRV 52
DE6038
#C3B4B3
Young Fawn
ΔE 4.85 · LRV 47
DE6031
#CDBDBA
Wafting Gray
ΔE 5.53 · LRV 53
DE6059
#C5B9B4
Chocolate Milk
ΔE 7.36 · LRV 50

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.5
All purple at Clare →
PNT100-LT-13
#C2B8B2
Greige
ΔE 8.5 · LRV 49
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 12.32 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 16.88 · LRV 58
PNT100-MD-73
#ADBECB
Cloud Watching
ΔE 16.9 · LRV 50
PNT100-LT-37
#B1C6CA
Summer Friday
ΔE 19.99 · LRV 54

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 9.79
All purple at Magnolia Home →
JG-133
#C6BBB2
Cinnamon Sugar
ΔE 9.79 · LRV 51
JG-127
#C7C2BB
Anatolian
ΔE 10.92 · LRV 54
JG-83
#C1C5C5
Loft
ΔE 12.22 · LRV 55
JG-123
#BBBDB9
Day-to-day
ΔE 12.7 · LRV 50
JG-109
#C5BBAC
Solid Wood
ΔE 13.23 · LRV 50

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 10.91
All purple at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 229
#CCBFB3
Elephant's Breath
ΔE 10.91 · LRV 53
NO. 242
#C8C3BC
Pavilion Gray
ΔE 10.95 · LRV 55
NO. 275
#C4BEB4
Purbeck Stone
ΔE 12.02 · LRV 52
NO. 22
#B8BCB5
Light Blue
ΔE 15.06 · LRV 49
NO. 27
#B2BFC5
Parma Gray
ΔE 15.95 · LRV 51

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 10.91
All purple at Backdrop →
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 10.91 · LRV 53
BD-RO
#D2A299
Rosita
ΔE 11.75 · LRV 38
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 11.99 · LRV 60
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 18.22 · LRV 41
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 22.22 · LRV 51

Similar Sherwin-Williams colors

closest in the Sherwin-Williams deck

The nearest shades to Mauve Finery within Sherwin-Williams's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

SW 6289
Delightful
LRV 51
SW 62
Studio Mauve
LRV 50
SW 6009
Imagine
LRV 48
SW 6548
Grape Mist
LRV 54
SW 6275
Fashionable Gray
LRV 49
SW 21
Queen Anne Lilac
LRV 48

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #CBB8C0 in HSL space. Pair Mauve Finery with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#CBB8C0 + #B8CBC3
TRIADIC
#CBB8C0 · #C0CBB8 · #B8C0CB
ANALOGOUS
#CBB8CA · #CBB8C0 · #CBBAB8

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.88:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.16:1 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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