Match Safari
Sherwin-Williams Safari is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 46. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
With LRVs of 46 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 48 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (46 vs 43) makes Safari the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 49 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 49 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 46 and 44, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Faded Terracotta reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 6.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 49 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 7.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Safari reads slightly lighter (LRV 46 vs 41), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 13.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.