Cheerful Heart (PPG 1016-3)
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Cheerful Heart (PPG 1016-3) is a light, warm beige from PPG Paints: LRV 60, so it reflects about 60 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Cheerful Heart
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Cheerful Heart by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. PPG Paints did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Cheerful Heart, 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 | Abalone Shell | SW 6050 | 60 | 1.7 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Acapulco Sand | 2105-60 | 59.9 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Bella Mia | MQ3-05 | 58.5 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Badlands Taupe | 2003-10B | 57 | 1.6 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints beige colors nearest to Cheerful Heart (LRV 60) by LRV.
Lighter than Cheerful Heart
Darker than Cheerful Heart
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1016-3 |
| Hex | #DCC7C0 |
| RGB | 220, 199, 192 |
| HSL | 15°, 29%, 81% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 60 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 81.8, 6.2, 6.2 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Cheerful Heart (PPG 1016-3), published as #DCC7C0
#CBBDBE
#EDD1C0
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Cheerful Heart (PPG 1016-3)?
- Cheerful Heart has an LRV of 60. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Cheerful Heart is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Cheerful Heart in another brand?
- Bella Mia (Behr MQ3-05) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Cheerful Heart warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Cheerful Heart as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 6.2; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). 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.