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VALSPAR · 8006-2D

Valspar Ask Me Anything#C1BBB0 · LRV 50

Ask Me Anything reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Valspar 8006-2D actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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VALSPAR ASK ME ANYTHING
RGB 193, 187, 176 LRV 50

Color spec

Brand Valspar
Name Ask Me Anything
SKU 8006-2D
Hex #C1BBB0
RGB 193, 187, 176
HSL 39°, 12%, 72%
LRV 50
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Neutral

About Valspar Ask Me Anything

At LRV 50, Ask Me Anything is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange 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.

Ask Me Anything 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Chintz
SKU 0573 · #C0BBAE · LRV 50
ΔE 1.19 (near-perfect)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all neutral from that brand.

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.68
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
861
#C3BDB1
Shale
ΔE 0.68 · LRV 50
CSP-65
#C4BAAB
Old Soul
ΔE 2.15 · LRV
984
#C4BAAA
Stone Hearth
ΔE 2.39 · LRV 48
1005
#C3B8AE
Hazelwood
ΔE 2.81 · LRV 49
CC-394
#C3B8AE
Boulevard
ΔE 2.81 · LRV

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.92
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 2844
#C2BDB1
Roycroft Mist Gray
ΔE 0.92 · LRV 51
SW 6170
#BFB9AA
Techno Gray
ΔE 1.89 · LRV 49
SW 7638
#C0B9A9
Jogging Path
ΔE 2.17 · LRV 49
SW 7065
#BDBDB7
Argos
ΔE 3.34 · LRV 51
SW 6184
#BEBFB2
Austere Gray
ΔE 3.94 · LRV 51

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.94
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 275
#C4BEB4
Purbeck Stone
ΔE 0.94 · LRV 52
NO. 283
#C9BEAB
Drop Cloth
ΔE 3.54 · LRV 52
NO. 266
#C0C2B3
Mizzle
ΔE 4.92 · LRV 53
NO. 22
#B8BCB5
Light Blue
ΔE 4.94 · LRV 49
NO. 234
#BABBA5
Vert de Terre
ΔE 6.32 · LRV 49

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.07
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-19
#BDB7AC
Sunday Stroll
ΔE 1.07 · LRV 48
JG-109
#C5BBAC
Solid Wood
ΔE 2.15 · LRV 50
JG-133
#C6BBB2
Cinnamon Sugar
ΔE 3.06 · LRV 51
JG-123
#BBBDB9
Day-to-day
ΔE 4.57 · LRV 50
JG-06
#B9BFB5
Americana Egg
ΔE 5.85 · LRV 51

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.23
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
1007-3
#BCB7AD
Ghost Writer
ΔE 1.23 · LRV 48
1032-2
#BDBBAD
Hurricane Haze
ΔE 2.78 · LRV 49
1019-3
#C6BAAF
Legendary
ΔE 3.03 · LRV 50
15-25
#C8BCAB
Stonington
ΔE 3.19 · LRV 51
1010-3
#BABDB8
Solstice
ΔE 4.74 · LRV 50

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.58
All neutral at Behr →
HDC-CT-21
#BEB7AE
Grey Mist
ΔE 1.58 · LRV 48
MQ6-23
#BCB9AF
Pumice
ΔE 1.63 · LRV 48
QE-57
#BFB8B0
Warm Ash
ΔE 1.85 · LRV 48
HDC-FL13-10
#C2BBAB
Wilderness Gray
ΔE 2.09 · LRV 50
N220-3
#BCBBAE
Smokestack
ΔE 2.98 · LRV 49

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.1
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DEC795
#C3C0BB
Gray Pearl
ΔE 3.1 · LRV 53
DEC751
#C1B5A9
Ash Gray
ΔE 3.16 · LRV 47
DE6234
#C5C0AC
Serene Thought
ΔE 4.1 · LRV 53
DE6059
#C5B9B4
Chocolate Milk
ΔE 5 · LRV 50
DE6367
#B9BABA
Covered in Platinum
ΔE 5.73 · LRV 49

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.81
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-13
#C2B8B2
Greige
ΔE 3.81 · LRV 49
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 5.16 · LRV 54
PNT100-MD-48
#B5B9A6
Money Moves
ΔE 6.64 · LRV 47
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 7.78 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-37
#B1C6CA
Summer Friday
ΔE 12.28 · LRV 54

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.52
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 5.52 · LRV 65
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 11.91 · LRV 41
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 13.22 · LRV 53
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 16.34 · LRV 51
BD-RO
#D2A299
Rosita
ΔE 16.8 · LRV 38

Similar Valspar colors

closest in the Valspar deck

The nearest shades to Ask Me Anything within Valspar's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

8004-26C
Mother Nature
LRV 51
8004-27B
Wharf Wind
LRV 50
1002-10B
Seagull Beach
LRV 48.4
8005-4C
Luxe Gray
LRV 47
8004-28C
Light Patina
LRV 49
5006-1C
Granite Dust
LRV 48.1

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C1BBB0 in HSL space. Pair Ask Me Anything with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C1BBB0 + #B0B6C1
TRIADIC
#C1BBB0 · #B0C1BB · #BBB0C1
ANALOGOUS
#C1B3B0 · #C1BBB0 · #BFC1B0

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.91:1 fail
Sample text on black
11:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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