Match Soft Salmon
PPG Soft Salmon is a mid-tone shade with an LRV of 48. 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.
Youthful Coral reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 48), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 5-point LRV gap (53 vs 48) makes Lusty Orange the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 48 and 47, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (52 vs 48) makes Riviera Rose the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 4-point LRV gap (52 vs 48) makes RAL 420-1 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 7-point LRV gap (55 vs 48) makes Nancy's Blushes the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Magnolia reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 48), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (48 vs 44) makes Soft Salmon the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 48 and 48, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 10.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Soft Salmon reflects far more light (LRV 48 vs 36), opening up a space where Copper Blush encloses it. At ΔE 12.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 6-point LRV gap (48 vs 42) makes Soft Salmon the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 13.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 13.4 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 5-point LRV gap (53 vs 48) makes S 2005-Y40R the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 19.9 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.