Afternoon Tea (PPG 1023-7)
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Afternoon Tea (PPG 1023-7) is a very deep, warm brown from PPG Paints: LRV 8, so it reflects about 8 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Afternoon Tea
Three PPG Paints colors picked for Afternoon Tea by this site's color math: a trim white, 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 Afternoon Tea, 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 | Tungsten | SW 9515 | 8 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Char Brown | 2137-20 | 9.3 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Dried Leaf | S-H-710 | 8.4 | 1.2 | very close |
| Valspar | Montana Moss | 6009-3 | 9 | 2.7 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints brown colors nearest to Afternoon Tea (LRV 8) by LRV.
Lighter than Afternoon Tea
Darker than Afternoon Tea
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1023-7 |
| Hex | #594E40 |
| RGB | 89, 78, 64 |
| HSL | 34°, 16%, 30% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 8 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 33.9, 2.1, 10.0 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Afternoon Tea (PPG 1023-7), published as #594E40
#4B463F
#675740
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Afternoon Tea (PPG 1023-7)?
- Afternoon Tea has an LRV of 8. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Afternoon Tea is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Afternoon Tea in another brand?
- Char Brown (BM 2137-20) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Afternoon Tea warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Afternoon Tea as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 10.0; 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.