Love Potion (PPG 1179-7)
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Love Potion (PPG 1179-7) is a very deep, cool pink from PPG Paints: LRV 7, so it reflects about 7 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Love Potion
Three PPG Paints colors picked for Love Potion 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 Love Potion, 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 | Mature Grape | SW 6286 | 7 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Autumn Purple | 2073-20 | 7.4 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Delicious Berry | S-G-690 | 7.3 | 1.8 | very close |
| Valspar | Poetic Purple | 1010-8 | 6 | 2.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints pink colors nearest to Love Potion (LRV 7) by LRV.
Lighter than Love Potion
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1179-7 |
| Hex | #603E53 |
| RGB | 96, 62, 83 |
| HSL | 323°, 22%, 31% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 7 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 30.8, 18.5, -6.5 |
| Undertone | Cool |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Pink |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Love Potion (PPG 1179-7), published as #603E53
#523651
#6F4653
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Love Potion (PPG 1179-7)?
- Love Potion has an LRV of 7. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Love Potion is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Love Potion in another brand?
- Mature Grape (SW 6286) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Love Potion warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Love Potion as cool, with a Cool undertone. Its Lab b* value is -6.5; 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.