Uptown Taupe (PPG 1201-1)
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Uptown Taupe (PPG 1201-1) 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 Uptown Taupe
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Uptown Taupe 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 Uptown Taupe, 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 | Alluring White | SW 6343 | 77 | 1.0 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Beautiful in My Eyes | 1170 | 75.8 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Adobe White | ECC-55-2 | 81.4 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Santa Fe Spirit | 2001-10C | 76 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Uptown Taupe (LRV 79) by LRV.
Lighter than Uptown Taupe
Darker than Uptown Taupe
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1201-1 |
| Hex | #F1E4D7 |
| RGB | 241, 228, 215 |
| HSL | 30°, 48%, 89% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 79 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.3, 2.3, 7.9 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Uptown Taupe (PPG 1201-1), published as #F1E4D7
#E0DAD5
#FFEED7
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Uptown Taupe (PPG 1201-1)?
- Uptown Taupe has an LRV of 79. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Uptown Taupe is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Uptown Taupe in another brand?
- Beautiful in My Eyes (BM 1170) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Uptown Taupe warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Uptown Taupe as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.9; 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.