Broadway (Behr PPU18-20) vs Cracked Pepper (SW 9580)

Living room with walls painted Behr Broadway PPU18-20 (simulated) — Broadway Behr PPU18-20#434442, LRV 5.7 (estimated)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Cracked Pepper SW 9580 (simulated) — Cracked Pepper SW 9580#483C37, LRV 5

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Quick decision

Lighter: About the same: LRV 5.7 vs 5.
Warmer: Cracked Pepper (Lab b* 5.0 vs 1.1). Broadway reads neutral gray; Cracked Pepper reads taupe.
North rooms: Broadway: keeps more brightness (L* 24.7 vs 22.5 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 0.0 vs 3.1).
Trim that works: Bridal Veil Behr W-D-600, #F3F1EE, LRV 88.1 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 7.9, clearly different. At 7.9, treat them as different colors.

See each color

BroadwayBehr PPU18-20LRV 5.7 (estimated), #434442

Cracked PepperSherwin-Williams, SW 9580LRV 5, #483C37

More comparisons with Cracked Pepper

Broadway (Behr PPU18-20) is about as light as Cracked Pepper (SW 9580) and cooler: LRV 5.7 vs 5, deltaE 7.9 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Broadway	Cracked Pepper	Gap
Brand	Behr	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	PPU18-20	SW 9580
Hex	#434442	#483C37
RGB	67, 68, 66	72, 60, 55
HSL	90°, 1%, 26%	18°, 13%, 25%
LRV (light reflectance value)	5.7 (est.)	5	+0.7
Lab L*	28.7	26.4	+2.3
Lab a*	-0.9	4.3	−5.2
Lab b*	1.1	5.0	−4.0
Undertone	Neutral	Warm
Temperature	neutral	warm
Color family	Black	Black

Same paint, two kinds of light

Broadway (Behr PPU18-20), published as #434442

North light (cool, indirect)
#343C40

South light (warm, direct)
#524C42

Cracked Pepper (SW 9580), published as #483C37

North light (cool, indirect)
#3B3436

South light (warm, direct)
#564437

These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works

Which should you pick

Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.

Pick Broadway (Behr PPU18-20) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0.7 LRV points lighter (5.7 vs 5), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Broadway (Behr PPU18-20) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 1.1 against 5.0, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Cracked Pepper (SW 9580) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 5.0), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Broadway in other brands

Closest matches to Cracked Pepper in other brands

Common questions

Is Broadway the same color as Cracked Pepper?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 7.9. Broadway and Cracked Pepper are different colors.
Which is lighter, Broadway or Cracked Pepper?: Broadway, with an LRV of 5.7 against 5.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

Sources: Broadway: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value; Cracked Pepper: 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.