The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Socialite
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6025
A grown-up mauve with a brown backbone
Groundhog Day
Benjamin Moore · 1166
A soft plaster blush
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersGroundhog Day is the lighter of the two at LRV 51.2, 31.2 points above Socialite at LRV 20. Both read warm. Socialite is a reds & purples, Groundhog Day a pinks. For a whole room, Groundhog Day is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Socialite is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsSocialite is a muted, dusty rose built on a brown base — close enough to mauve to feel romantic, grounded enough to never read as pink. With a low LRV near 20 it brings real depth, the kind of moody, grayed red that makes a dining room or powder room feel considered.
A warm pink with just enough grey to keep it adult, Groundhog Day turns afternoon light the color of the inside of a shell. Drenched across walls and ceiling it reads like aged plaster; used on a single wall it warms a room without ever announcing itself as pink.