Vista Paint 0293Vista Paint 0293Light enough to feel airy, colored enough that it still counts as a decision rather than a default. 0293, from Vista Paint.
At LRV 71.0 it sits where most rooms want a wall: light enough to feel open, dark enough to have a surface. A chroma of 15.3 is enough to register as a real color choice, without the intensity that would force the rest of a room to match it.
Warm bulbs make it warmer still; daylight bulbs cool it back toward neutral. Holds up across a full room without the visual weight a darker or more saturated color would add. Behr Maui Mist makes a good second wall color here - different enough to read as a real choice, close enough to still feel related (about 333 points apart in light reflectance).
If the brand is not fixed, Valspar Drumskin (7003-10) is the same color by measurement - delta-E 0. A satin finish is worth it in a room that needs to be wiped down often, at the cost of showing a bit more of the wall's surface than a flat finish would.
It is lighter than 77 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.
Vista Paint What Inheritance? is a warm color: its hue angle is 86° in CIE Lab at a chroma of 15.3, with a yellow.
The light reflectance value (LRV) of Vista Paint What Inheritance? (0293) is 71.0, on a scale where 0 is absolute black and 100 is absolute white, which makes it a light color.
Measured on the color wheel, Vista Paint What Inheritance? pairs with Benjamin Moore Windmill Wings (2067-60, complement), PPG Giggle (1217-1, analogous, warmer), Sherwin-Williams Gracious Rose (SW 6317, analogous, cooler), Behr Maui Mist (BL-W10, soft accent).
Vista Paint What Inheritance?'s hex value is #E8D8BD, RGB 232, 216, 189.
Vista Paint What Inheritance? is classified as a tan, with a yellow.
The nearest Pantone TCX color to Vista Paint What Inheritance? is 12-0710 TCX Navajo, delta-E 2.29; the nearest RAL Classic is RAL 1015 Light ivory, delta-E 2.72.
The closest cross-brand match to Vista Paint What Inheritance? is Valspar Drumskin (7003-10), at a delta-E of 0 - close enough to be the same color by measurement.
| HEX | #E8D8BD |
| RGB | 232, 216, 189 |
| CMYK | 0%, 7%, 19%, 9% |
| HSL | 38°, 48%, 83% |
| HSV | 38°, 19%, 91% |
| CIE Lab | 86.97, 1.2, 15.3 |
| LCh | 86.97, 15.35, 85.5° |
| XYZ | 67.02, 69.94, 58.1 |
| Pantone (nearest) | 12-0710 TCX Navajo · ΔE 2.29 |
| RAL (nearest) | RAL 1015 Light ivory · ΔE 2.72 |
| 12-0710 TCX Navajo | ΔE 2.29 | |
| 12-0806 TCX Rutabaga | ΔE 2.59 | |
| 12-0703 TCX Seedpearl | ΔE 3.11 | |
| RAL 1015 Light ivory | ΔE 2.72 | |
| RAL 1013 Oyster white | ΔE 4.81 |
Pantone TCX and RAL Classic are physical standards; these are their published sRGB approximations, so check a fan deck before specifying. Pantone® and RAL are trademarks of their respective owners.
Shades mix the color toward black, tints toward white. Click any step to find the paint colors closest to it.
One image with What Inheritance? and its closest color at every other brand, measured by delta-E.
Accessible BeigeSherwin-Williams SW 7036
Natural LinenSherwin-Williams SW 9109
Studio TaupeSherwin-Williams SW 7549
Sashay SandSherwin-Williams SW 6051
Farrow's CreamFarrow & Ball 67
CreamySherwin-Williams SW 7012
TurretBenjamin Moore CC-604
Setting PlasterFarrow & Ball 231
Polar BearSherwin-Williams SW 7564
New WhiteFarrow & Ball 59
Koral KicksSherwin-Williams SW 6610
Mouse's BackFarrow & Ball 40
Warm StoneSherwin-Williams SW 7032
Soft CreamPPG 1205-2
Lily of the ValleyBenjamin Moore 905
Coconut ShellBehr PPU5-05
