Sweet Serenade
DE5065 · #FFC5D5 · LRV 62 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Vintage Tea Rose47
- 2Pink Quartz53
- 3Sweet Serenade62
- 4First Light76
- 5Pink Bliss82
What Color Is Sweet Serenade, Really?
Sweet Serenade reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5065 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Sweet Serenade
Sweet Serenade is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Soft pinks flatter bedrooms and nurseries; deeper ones make a confident statement.
How Lighting Changes Sweet Serenade
At LRV 62, Sweet Serenade is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its magenta undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Sweet Serenade are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Dunn-Edwards DE5065 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Reverie PinkSW 6856 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.9 | 66 | Color page → |
| Behr | Full Bloom190C-2 · Behr | 0.7 | 66 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | May Flowers1324 · Benjamin Moore | 2.0 | 64 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Pink Destiny1003-2B · Valspar | 2.8 | 65.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Mountain LaurelPPG1181-3 · PPG / Glidden | 3.6 | 65 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Mountain LaurelPPG1181-3 · Glidden | 3.3 | 65 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Sweet Serenade within Dunn-Edwards's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #FFC5D5 in HSL space. Pair Sweet Serenade with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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