Crushed Silk (PPG 1024-3)
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Crushed Silk (PPG 1024-3) is a light, warm beige from PPG Paints: LRV 63, so it reflects about 63 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Crushed Silk
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Crushed Silk 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 Crushed Silk, 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 | Grecian Ivory | SW 7541 | 63 | 0.0 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Cedar Key | 982 | 61.1 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Aged Beige | PPU7-09 | 62.9 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Parlour Taupe | 7003-1 | 64 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints beige colors nearest to Crushed Silk (LRV 63) by LRV.
Lighter than Crushed Silk
Darker than Crushed Silk
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1024-3 |
| Hex | #D8CFBE |
| RGB | 216, 207, 190 |
| HSL | 39°, 25%, 80% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 63 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 83.4, 0.2, 9.6 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Crushed Silk (PPG 1024-3), published as #D8CFBE
#C7C5BC
#EAD9BE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Crushed Silk (PPG 1024-3)?
- Crushed Silk has an LRV of 63. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Crushed Silk is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Crushed Silk in another brand?
- Grecian Ivory (SW 7541) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Crushed Silk warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Crushed Silk as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 9.6; 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.