Sweet Gardenia (PPG 1068-1)
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Sweet Gardenia (PPG 1068-1) is a light, warm off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 79, so it reflects about 79 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sweet Gardenia
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Sweet Gardenia by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, 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 Sweet Gardenia, 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 | Pale Pink | SW 9696 | 80 | 1.4 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Candle White | 2164-70 | 79.1 | 1.1 | very close |
| Behr | Vellum Parchment | PPL-74 | 78.8 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Origami | 7001-6 | 80 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Sweet Gardenia (LRV 79) by LRV.
Lighter than Sweet Gardenia
Darker than Sweet Gardenia
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1068-1 |
| Hex | #EFE4DA |
| RGB | 239, 228, 218 |
| HSL | 29°, 40%, 90% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 79 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.2, 2.1, 6.2 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sweet Gardenia (PPG 1068-1), published as #EFE4DA
#DEDAD8
#FFEEDA
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sweet Gardenia (PPG 1068-1)?
- Sweet Gardenia has an LRV of 79. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sweet Gardenia is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sweet Gardenia in another brand?
- Vellum Parchment (Behr PPL-74) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sweet Gardenia warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Sweet Gardenia 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.