Cupcake
M117 · #F6DBBA · LRV 73.9 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Balboa Mist66
- 3Cupcake73.9
- 4Dover White83
- 5Moonlit Beach88
What Color Is Cupcake, Really?
Cupcake reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar M117 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cupcake
Cupcake 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.
How Lighting Changes Cupcake
At LRV 73.9, Cupcake 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.
Most complaints about Cupcake 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 Valspar M117 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 | Cachet CreamSW 6365 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.8 | 72 | Color page → |
| Behr | Spinning SilkYL-W01 · Behr | 2.0 | 74 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Beachcrest Sand114 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 74 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Peach DipPPG1203-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.2 | 75 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Sandy Feet10YY 74/192 · Glidden | 1.3 | 74 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | French Custard315-1DB · Dutch Boy | 3.3 | 74 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Cupcake within Valspar'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 #F6DBBA in HSL space. Pair Cupcake with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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