Tea Party
102-3DB · #EFC8D1 · LRV 64 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Vintage Tea Rose47
- 2Odessa Pink59
- 3Tea Party64
- 4First Light76
- 5Pink Bliss82
What Color Is Tea Party, Really?
Tea Party reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dutch Boy 102-3DB behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Tea Party
Tea Party 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 Tea Party
At LRV 64, Tea Party is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its red 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 Tea Party 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 Dutch Boy 102-3DB 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 | Panache PinkSW 6848 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.4 | 64 | Color page → |
| Behr | SweetheartP140-2 · Behr | 0.7 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Posy Pink2080-60 · Benjamin Moore | 2.0 | 64 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Cat Nose8001-9B · Valspar | 2.4 | 65 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Pale PrimrosePPG1182-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.7 | 64 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Pale PrimrosePPG1182-3 · Glidden | 0.8 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar Dutch Boy Colors
The nearest shades to Tea Party within Dutch Boy'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 #EFC8D1 in HSL space. Pair Tea Party with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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