Cheerful Wine (Behr HDC-WR14-12)
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Cheerful Wine (Behr HDC-WR14-12) is a very deep, neutral red from Behr: LRV 9, so it reflects about 9 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Cheerful Wine
Three Behr colors picked for Cheerful Wine by this site's color math: a trim white, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Behr did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Cheerful Wine, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Juneberry | SW 6573 | 9 | 1.8 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Bottle of Bordeaux | 1357 | 11.3 | 2.0 | very close |
| Valspar | Brown Cherry | 1009-7 | 10 | 1.4 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Purple Cabbage | 18-24 | 8 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Behr
The Behr red colors nearest to Cheerful Wine (LRV 9 (estimated)) by LRV.
Lighter than Cheerful Wine
Darker than Cheerful Wine
Color data
| Brand | Behr |
|---|---|
| Color code | HDC-WR14-12 |
| Hex | #7E4258 |
| RGB | 126, 66, 88 |
| HSL | 338°, 31%, 38% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9 (estimated from the hex) |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 36.1, 28.6, -1.4 |
| Undertone | Warm Red |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Red |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Cheerful Wine (Behr HDC-WR14-12), published as #7E4258
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#8D4A58
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Cheerful Wine (Behr HDC-WR14-12)?
- Cheerful Wine has an LRV of 9 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Cheerful Wine is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Cheerful Wine in another brand?
- Purple Cabbage (PPG 18-24) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Cheerful Wine warm or cool?
- Behr lists Cheerful Wine as neutral, with a Warm Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is -1.4; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value. Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.