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Child's Play SW 6845
On-screen approximation from the published RGB value. Order a physical sample before you decide.
Undertone: Saturated pink (a color, not a neutral)
In CIELAB, Child's Play sits at L* 80.6, a* 19.3, b* -6.2. Its hue angle is 342° and its chroma is 20.2, so it reads as an outright pink rather than a neutral. It classifies as warm. Among Sherwin-Williams colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 10%.
LRV 57.5: light
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 57.5, Child's Play is lighter than 69% of Sherwin-Williams colors. The most forgiving range for whole-house walls. Keeps rooms bright without glare.
Closest Benjamin Moore match to Child's Play
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermuda Breeze | 1345 | 2.76 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Countryside Pink | 1361 | 2.90 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Luscious | 1369 | 3.10 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Child's Play
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color. Behr does not publish LRV, so Behr values here are estimates.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet Taffy | 690A-3 | 1.23 | Very close | |
| Starlet Pink | P120-1 | 1.51 | Very close | |
| Sugar Sweet | 680A-2 | 1.94 | Very close |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childlike | SW 6569 | 3.04 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Irresistible | SW 6562 | 3.45 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Merry Pink | SW 6844 | 3.70 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Desire Pink | SW 6852 | 4.11 | Similar, clearly different | |
| In the Pink | SW 6583 | 4.56 | Similar, clearly different | |
| Azalea Flower | SW 6576 | 4.72 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Desire Pink SW 6852 · lighter, LRV 62.8
- Merry Pink SW 6844 · lighter, LRV 63.6
- Panache Pink SW 6848 · lighter, LRV 64.4
- Free Spirit SW 6973 · darker, LRV 48.9
- Partytime SW 6849 · darker, LRV 48.5
- Queenly SW 6977 · darker, LRV 47.7
Colors that go with Child's Play
Sherwin-Williams's own coordinating colors for Child's Play:
- Black Bean SW 6006
- Diminutive Pink SW 6588
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Retro Mint SW 9036 · complementary (180°)
- Free Spirit SW 6973 · analogous (−30°)
- Loveable SW 6590 · analogous (+30°)
- Shagreen SW 6422 · triadic (120°)
- Cloudless SW 6786 · triadic (240°)
Child's Play vs popular colors
- Lily Lavender (Benjamin Moore 2071-60, ΔE 9.3) is lighter (LRV 64.3 vs 57.5), more blue/cool, more green, more muted.
- French Lilac (Benjamin Moore 1403, ΔE 12.2) is about as light, more blue/cool, more green, more muted.
- Misty Lilac (Benjamin Moore 2071-70, ΔE 13.8) is lighter (LRV 78.0 vs 57.5), more green, more muted.