Sandy Beach (PPG 1072-2)
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Sandy Beach (PPG 1072-2) is a light, warm off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 72, so it reflects about 72 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sandy Beach
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Sandy Beach 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 Sandy Beach, 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 | Faint Coral | SW 6329 | 75 | 1.1 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Wild Aster | 1240 | 70.5 | 1.5 | very close |
| Behr | Bee's Knees | T13-11 | 71.4 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Desert Bone | 1008-10C | 74 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Sandy Beach (LRV 72) by LRV.
Lighter than Sandy Beach
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1072-2 |
| Hex | #E9DAD2 |
| RGB | 233, 218, 210 |
| HSL | 21°, 34%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 72 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.0, 3.8, 5.8 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sandy Beach (PPG 1072-2), published as #E9DAD2
#D8D0D0
#FBE4D2
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sandy Beach (PPG 1072-2)?
- Sandy Beach has an LRV of 72. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sandy Beach is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sandy Beach in another brand?
- Bee's Knees (Behr T13-11) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sandy Beach warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Sandy Beach as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.8; 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.