Match Sandy Beach
PPG Sandy Beach is a light-reflective shade with an LRV of 71. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
Cliffswallow reads slightly lighter (LRV 75 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 0.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (74 vs 71) makes Blush Pink the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.0 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 73 and 71, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 71), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 71), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 71 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (75 vs 71) makes Stolen Kiss the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 6-point LRV gap (77 vs 71) makes RAL 150-3 the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 74 and 71, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 68), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
The ΔE 3.5 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 71), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (76 vs 71) makes Cream the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.