Locomotion (PPG 1076-5)

Locomotion PPG 1076-5#988171, LRV 24
Living room with walls painted PPG Paints Locomotion 1076-5 (simulated)
Living room, walls in Locomotion

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Locomotion (PPG 1076-5) is a deep, warm beige from PPG Paints: LRV 24, so it reflects about 24 percent of the light that hits it.

Colors that go with Locomotion

Three PPG Paints colors picked for Locomotion 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 Locomotion, 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.

BrandClosest colorCodeLRVdeltaEHow close
Sherwin-WilliamsDusted TruffleSW 9083251.2very close
Benjamin MooreTaupetone101322.81.7very close
BehrFrontier BrownN190-523.81.2very close
ValsparMilk Chocolate2007-9B222.5noticeably different

Lighter and darker in PPG Paints

Color data

BrandPPG Paints
Color code1076-5
Hex#988171
RGB152, 129, 113
HSL25°, 16%, 52%
LRV (light reflectance value)24
Lab L*, a*, b*55.7, 6.2, 11.9
UndertoneWarm Yellow-Red
Temperaturewarm
Color familyBeige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Locomotion (PPG 1076-5), published as #988171

North light (cool, indirect)
#897870
South light (warm, direct)
#A88A71

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Common questions

What is the LRV of Locomotion (PPG 1076-5)?
Locomotion has an LRV of 24. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Locomotion is a deep color.
What is the closest match to Locomotion in another brand?
Frontier Brown (Behr N190-5) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.2 (very close).
Is Locomotion warm or cool?
PPG Paints lists Locomotion as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.9; 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.

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