Toasted Almond (PPG 15-26)
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Toasted Almond (PPG 15-26) is a light, warm beige from PPG Paints: LRV 63, so it reflects about 63 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Toasted Almond
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Toasted Almond by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 Toasted Almond, 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 | Oyster Bar | SW 7565 | 64 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Temporal Spirit | 965 | 61.6 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Bell Tower | MQ3-15 | 63.6 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Rattan Basket | 3007-10C | 63 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints beige colors nearest to Toasted Almond (LRV 63) by LRV.
Lighter than Toasted Almond
Darker than Toasted Almond
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 15-26 |
| Hex | #DACFBA |
| RGB | 218, 207, 186 |
| HSL | 39°, 30%, 79% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 63 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 83.5, 0.3, 11.8 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Toasted Almond (PPG 15-26), published as #DACFBA
#C9C5B8
#EBD9BA
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Toasted Almond (PPG 15-26)?
- Toasted Almond has an LRV of 63. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Toasted Almond is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Toasted Almond in another brand?
- Oyster Bar (SW 7565) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Toasted Almond warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Toasted Almond as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.8; 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.