Color guide · Valspar · Neutral

Cookie Dough

8005-9B · #D1C0B0 · LRV 54 · warm red-orange tone

8005-9B · #D1C0B0 · LRV 54 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.

Cookie DoughValspar · 8005-9B
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Cookie Dough
VALSPAR · 8005-9B · #D1C0B0
Brand · codeValspar8005-9B · all Valspar neutrals
LRV54Light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
Undertonewarm red-orange tone
FamilyNeutral
Hex · RGB · HSL#D1C0B0 · 209, 192, 176 · 29°, 26%, 75%Display values from the brand. Match it at another brand
Sheen we recommendEggshell on walls · satin on trim and cabinetsWhich sheen where, explained
Where it sits, light to dark
  1. 1Dorian Gray39
  2. 2Mindful Gray48
  3. 3Cookie Dough54
  4. 4Agreeable Gray60
  5. 5Pale Oak69
Undertone and depth

What Color Is Cookie Dough, Really?

Cookie Dough reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar 8005-9B behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.

Room by room

Best Rooms and Uses for Cookie Dough

Cookie Dough 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.

Light by light

How Lighting Changes Cookie Dough

At LRV 54, Cookie Dough 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.

Test it in your light, not a showroom's

Most complaints about Cookie Dough 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.

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Need It From Another Brand?

Any paint counter can custom-tint Valspar 8005-9B 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.

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Similar Valspar Colors

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

Contrast, for text and signage
Black text on Cookie Dough · 11.9 : 1 · passes AA and AAAWhite text on Cookie Dough · 1.8 : 1 · fails for text

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 #D1C0B0 in HSL space. Pair Cookie Dough with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#D1C0B0 + #B0C1D1
TRIADIC
#D1C0B0 · #B0D1C0 · #C0B0D1
ANALOGOUS
#D1B0B1 · #D1C0B0 · #D1D1B0

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