Match Sandbank
Sherwin-Williams Sandbank is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 40. 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.
With LRVs of 40 and 40, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 40 vs 40), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
A 5-point LRV gap (45 vs 40) makes Delightful Pink the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.7 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 42 and 40, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 40 and 39, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 4.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (40 vs 36) makes Sandbank the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Toasted Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 40), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 9-point LRV gap (49 vs 40) makes Nutmeg Cluster 3 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 41 and 40, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Sandbank reads slightly lighter (LRV 40 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.