Match Softer Tan
Sherwin-Williams Softer Tan is a light-reflective shade, warm in character with an LRV of 60. 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 61 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 61 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 0.9 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 60), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 60 and 60, 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 60 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 60 and 59, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Joa's White reads slightly lighter (LRV 64 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.1 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 4-point LRV gap (60 vs 57) makes Softer Tan the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 2.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 61 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Softer Tan reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 56), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
RAL 140-6 reads slightly lighter (LRV 66 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.8 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (68 vs 60) makes Light ivory the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Softer Tan reads slightly lighter (LRV 60 vs 55), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (60 vs 56) makes Softer Tan the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.1 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.