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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS · SW 7527

Sherwin-Williams Nantucket Dune#D0BFAA · LRV 54

Nantucket Dune reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Sherwin-Williams SW 7527 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS NANTUCKET DUNE
RGB 208, 191, 170 LRV 54

Color spec

Brand Sherwin-Williams
Name Nantucket Dune
SKU SW 7527
Hex #D0BFAA
RGB 208, 191, 170
HSL 33°, 29%, 74%
LRV 54
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Neutral

About Sherwin-Williams Nantucket Dune

At LRV 54, Nantucket Dune 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.

Nantucket Dune 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
Moth Wing
SKU 0183 · #CCBCA9 · LRV 52
ΔE 1.08 (near-perfect)
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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.

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.84
All neutral at Behr →
UL170-7
#CEBFAB
Cabo
ΔE 0.84 · LRV 53
N240-3
#CFBDA9
Sonoran Desert
ΔE 0.88 · LRV 53
290E-3
#D1C1A9
Classic Taupe
ΔE 1.53 · LRV 55
HDC-AC-10
#CCBFAC
Bungalow Beige
ΔE 1.71 · LRV 53
HDC-MD-12
#D4BEA7
Tiramisu Cream
ΔE 1.99 · LRV 54

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.13
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DEC747
#D5C3AD
Sahara
ΔE 1.13 · LRV 56
DEC752
#CCBEAC
Birchwood
ΔE 1.44 · LRV 53
DEC746
#D5BFA5
Apache Tan
ΔE 2.18 · LRV 54
DE6143
#D6C0A4
Almond Latte
ΔE 2.61 · LRV 55
DE6172
#CEBE9F
Bungalow Taupe
ΔE 4 · LRV 52

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.19
All neutral at Valspar →
3003-10B
#D1BEAA
Hopsack
ΔE 1.19 · LRV 53.3
T567
#D0C2AE
Elk Antler
ΔE 1.43 · LRV 54.8
6006-1B
#CEC1AE
Oatbran
ΔE 1.73 · LRV 54.3
8005-9B
#D1C0B0
Cookie Dough
ΔE 2.2 · LRV 54
V131-2
#D4BFAC
Warm Alpaca
ΔE 2.35 · LRV 54.4

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.34
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
1032
#CFBCA4
Bar Harbor Beige
ΔE 1.34 · LRV 51
CSP-315
#CEC0AE
Royal Flax
ΔE 1.41 · LRV
HC-48
#D1BDA4
Bradstreet Beige
ΔE 1.6 · LRV 52
1025
#D1C0AF
Chocolate Mousse
ΔE 1.75 · LRV
HC-80
#CDC0A8
Bleeker Beige
ΔE 2.65 · LRV 52

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.51
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 264
#D6C2AC
Oxford Stone
ΔE 1.51 · LRV 56
NO. 211
#CEC1AD
Stony Ground
ΔE 1.79 · LRV 54
NO. 283
#C9BEAB
Drop Cloth
ΔE 2.68 · LRV 52
NO. 4
#CFC3AD
Old White
ΔE 2.7 · LRV 55
NO. 15
#CEC3AD
Bone
ΔE 3.15 · LRV 55

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.83
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
1076-3
#D0C2B4
Gotta Have It
ΔE 2.83 · LRV 55
1020-3
#CEC1B5
Whippet
ΔE 3.6 · LRV 55
15-28
#CBC1B4
Great Gray
ΔE 3.63 · LRV 54
1101-3
#CEC1A5
Stylish
ΔE 3.87 · LRV 54
14-26
#C8C0AA
Hideaway
ΔE 4.55 · LRV 53

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.46
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-109
#C5BBAC
Solid Wood
ΔE 3.46 · LRV 50
JG-104
#D1C8B8
Southern Grown
ΔE 4.03 · LRV 58
JG-133
#C6BBB2
Cinnamon Sugar
ΔE 5.04 · LRV 51
JG-127
#C7C2BB
Anatolian
ΔE 6.61 · LRV 54
JG-48
#C2BFA2
Gold Moss
ΔE 8.2 · LRV 51

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.22
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-17
#D4CBC0
Flatiron
ΔE 5.22 · LRV 61
PNT100-LT-13
#C2B8B2
Greige
ΔE 6.61 · LRV 49
PNT100-LT-60
#DEC4B8
Meet Cute
ΔE 6.99 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 10.1 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 10.29 · LRV 60

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.7
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 5.7 · LRV 65
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 6.71 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 10.25 · LRV 53
BD-EA
#E5C580
Eames
ΔE 12.34 · LRV 60
BD-RO
#D2A299
Rosita
ΔE 15.1 · LRV 38

Similar Sherwin-Williams colors

closest in the Sherwin-Williams deck

The nearest shades to Nantucket Dune 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 7532
Urban Putty
LRV 54
SW 9110
Malabar
LRV 53
SW 7542
Naturel
LRV 53
SW 7547
Sandbar
LRV 53
SW 7511
Bungalow Beige
LRV 53
SW 56
Classic Sand
LRV 53

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #D0BFAA in HSL space. Pair Nantucket Dune with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#D0BFAA + #AABBD0
TRIADIC
#D0BFAA · #AAD0BF · #BFAAD0
ANALOGOUS
#D0ACAA · #D0BFAA · #CED0AA

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.79:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.71:1 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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