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Peach & White Nursery Color Scheme

A soft peach nursery warmed with creamy white trim and a touch of caramel, all matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

Soft Peach wraps a nursery in the gentlest blush, the kind of warm glow that feels like soft morning light no matter the hour. On the walls it stays sweet without going loud, so the room reads calm and cozy for naps and quiet rocking. It is flattering against a baby’s skin and easy to grow into, which makes it a color you will still love a few years from now.

To keep that warmth from feeling heavy, run Bright White on the trim, doors, and ceiling for a clean, airy frame around all that peach. Then bring in Warm Caramel in small doses, a wooden crib, a basket, or a framed print, to ground the softness with something richer. Peach on the walls, white on the trim and ceiling, and caramel as the accent you sprinkle around the room.

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Soft Peach
walls
Benjamin Moore Golden Beige · 100
#F1D4C0
LRV 70
Bright White
trim
Behr Whipped Cream · DC-001
#F6F5EF
LRV 91
Warm Caramel
accent
PPG / Glidden Broomstick · PPG16-19
#C58C5B
LRV 31

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Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Tap a swatch for its full guide or + to save it — take any SKU to the store, they mix on demand.

Soft Peach
#F2D6C2 · LRV 71 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6631 · ΔE 1.56
Behr · UL130-11 · ΔE 1.23
Benjamin Moore · 100 · ΔE 0.56
Valspar · 2006-6C · ΔE 1.21
PPG / Glidden · PPG1198-2 · ΔE 1.05
Glidden · PPG1196-3 · ΔE 1.72
Dutch Boy · 310-2DB · ΔE 2.22
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1117 · ΔE 1.56
Dunn-Edwards · DE5212 · ΔE 1.26
Magnolia Home · JG-34 · ΔE 4.95
Farrow & Ball · NO. 202 · ΔE 2.67
Diamond Vogel · H033 · ΔE 1.07
Hirshfield's · H0033 · ΔE 1.05
Rodda · CA109 · ΔE 5.36
C2 Paint · C2-546 · ΔE 4.37
Clare · PNT100-LT-20 · ΔE 5.27
Portola Paints · MARIPOSA · ΔE 9.74
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 7.16
Backdrop · BD-CC · ΔE 9.29
Rust-Oleum · 398641 · ΔE 11.8
Kompozit · 1006 · ΔE 2.68
Bright White
#F8F6F1 · LRV 92 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7757 · ΔE 1.22
Behr · DC-001 · ΔE 0.83
Benjamin Moore · 2121-70 · ΔE 1.97
Valspar · V148 · ΔE 1
PPG / Glidden · PPG1001-1 · ΔE 1.84
Glidden · 61YY 89/040 · ΔE 1.96
Dutch Boy · 001W · ΔE 1.49
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4001 · ΔE 1.22
Dunn-Edwards · DEW358 · ΔE 0.97
Magnolia Home · JG-21 · ΔE 1.49
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2005 · ΔE 0.99
Diamond Vogel · 0011 · ΔE 2.39
Hirshfield's · 0011 · ΔE 1.89
Rodda · R007 · ΔE 1.07
C2 Paint · C2-756 · ΔE 1.57
Clare · PNT100-LT-04 · ΔE 1.66
Portola Paints · ONE DROP · ΔE 5.02
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 14.71
Backdrop · BD-TR · ΔE 2.92
Rust-Oleum · 285140 · ΔE 3.6
Kompozit · 0011 · ΔE 1.89
Warm Caramel
#C68F5E · LRV 32 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9 · ΔE 1.16
Behr · PMD-40 · ΔE 1.64
Benjamin Moore · 1104 · ΔE 3.01
Valspar · M146 · ΔE 1.66
PPG / Glidden · PPG16-19 · ΔE 0.96
Glidden · PPG16-19 · ΔE 1.44
Dutch Boy · 215-6DB · ΔE 3.67
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2113 · ΔE 2.89
Dunn-Edwards · DE5299 · ΔE 3.82
Magnolia Home · JG-152 · ΔE 7.34
Farrow & Ball · NO. 46 · ΔE 2.05
Diamond Vogel · 0247 · ΔE 3.2
Hirshfield's · 0247 · ΔE 2.95
Rodda · CA223 · ΔE 6.02
C2 Paint · C2-602 · ΔE 2.54
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 7.64
Portola Paints · BANDELIER · ΔE 2.82
Annie Sloan · BARCELONA ORANGE · ΔE 7.09
Backdrop · BD-AN · ΔE 12.78
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 5.05
Kompozit · 0247 · ΔE 2.95

Questions

Is peach too bold for a nursery?

Not at all when it is this soft. A pale peach reads warm and gentle rather than loud, and it gives a sweeter, cozier feel than a flat white room while still staying calm for sleep.

Does this peach and white scheme only work for a girl's room?

Peach leans warm and soft, so it does feel a little sweet, but it is not strictly a girl's color. If you want it more neutral, lean harder on the white and caramel and keep the peach to one or two walls.

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