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VALSPAR · 8003-45A

Valspar Easy on the Eyes#C6D9E6 · LRV 67

Easy on the Eyes reads as a blue / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Valspar 8003-45A actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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VALSPAR EASY ON THE EYES
RGB 198, 217, 230 LRV 67

Color spec

Brand Valspar
Name Easy on the Eyes
SKU 8003-45A
Hex #C6D9E6
RGB 198, 217, 230
HSL 204°, 39%, 84%
LRV 67
Undertone blue / cool
Family Gray

About Valspar Easy on the Eyes

At LRV 67, Easy on the Eyes is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its blue 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.

Easy on the Eyes 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. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.

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
Simple Serenity
SKU 0614 · #C8D9E5 · LRV 68
ΔE 0.67 (imperceptible)
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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 gray from that brand.

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.22
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
807
#C1D7E4
Soft Sky
ΔE 1.22 · LRV 66
814
#C0D7E8
Jet Stream
ΔE 1.76 · LRV
834
#C3D8E1
Bright and Early
ΔE 2.27 · LRV
820
#C7D5E4
Misty Blue
ΔE 2.54 · LRV 66
CC-938
#C7D5E4
Ice Sculpture
ΔE 2.54 · LRV 66

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.35
All gray at Behr →
MQ3-24
#C5D8E8
Celestial Light
ΔE 1.35 · LRV 67
HDC-CT-15
#C5DAEB
Summer Sky
ΔE 1.57 · LRV 68
MQ3-53
#C8D7DD
Sky Light View
ΔE 3.01 · LRV 66
MQ3-57
#CDD7DE
Siberian Ice
ΔE 3.46 · LRV 67
S520-2
#BDDCE7
Journeys End
ΔE 4.37 · LRV 68

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.56
All gray at PPG / Glidden →
1157-2
#C5D9E3
Blue Pearl
ΔE 1.56 · LRV 67
1158-2
#C3D9E4
Magic Wand
ΔE 1.68 · LRV 67
1241-2
#C8DDEE
Blue Booties
ΔE 1.79 · LRV 70
1242-2
#C2D7E9
Touch Of Blue
ΔE 2.02 · LRV 66
1156-2
#CAD7DE
Bit Of Heaven
ΔE 2.78 · LRV 66

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.65
All gray at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6806
#CCDBE5
Rhythmic Blue
ΔE 1.65 · LRV 69
SW 6526
#CBD8E1
Icelandic
ΔE 2.23 · LRV 67
SW 9144
#C9D9E0
Moonmist
ΔE 2.53 · LRV 67
SW 6512
#C5D8DE
Balmy
ΔE 3.28 · LRV 66
SW 6505
#C2DAE0
Atmospheric
ΔE 4.25 · LRV 67

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.73
All gray at Dunn-Edwards →
DE5799
#C7D7E0
Snow Lodge
ΔE 1.73 · LRV 66
DE5848
#C3DDEE
Island View
ΔE 2.28 · LRV 69
DE5792
#C2D7DF
Falling Tears
ΔE 2.76 · LRV 65
DE5876
#CDDCED
Alaskan Skies
ΔE 2.96 · LRV 70
DE5771
#CADCDE
Shark
ΔE 5.13 · LRV 69

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.75
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-LT-56
#D2E4E8
Frozen
ΔE 4.75 · LRV 75
PNT100-LT-36
#C2DADD
Nairobi Blue
ΔE 5.58 · LRV 67
PNT100-LT-31
#CED0D3
Wink
ΔE 7.07 · LRV 63
PNT100-LT-07
#D6D7D2
Seize The Gray
ΔE 9.89 · LRV 68
PNT100-LT-69
#D7DCD3
Rain Check
ΔE 10.94 · LRV 70

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.65
All gray at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 235
#D5DBDB
Borrowed Light
ΔE 6.65 · LRV 70
NO. 205
#CCD0CD
Skylight
ΔE 8.5 · LRV 62
NO. 2011
#DDDBD9
Blackened
ΔE 9.69 · LRV 71
NO. 277
#D9D8D3
Dimpse
ΔE 10.38 · LRV 69
NO. 284
#D3CFCD
Worsted
ΔE 10.68 · LRV 63

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.94
All gray at Backdrop →
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 6.94 · LRV 51
BD-JA
#EFEDE3
Jane
ΔE 13.35 · LRV 86
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 15.84 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 18.17 · LRV 73
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 21.68 · LRV 60

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.06
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-74
#CCD0CE
Dark Moon
ΔE 8.06 · LRV 62
JG-119
#DEDFD8
Chime Gray
ΔE 10.85 · LRV 73
JG-132
#DAD8D1
Yarn
ΔE 11.35 · LRV 69
JG-98
#D4CDD0
In Bloom
ΔE 11.92 · LRV 62
JG-67
#CDDAC9
Mineral Green
ΔE 13.94 · LRV 67

Similar Valspar colors

closest in the Valspar deck

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

P036
Blue Tulle
LRV 67.4
8002-45A
Blueberry Ice
LRV 67
V107-1
Soft Blue
LRV 66.8
V036-1
Tourmaline
LRV 68.2
V070-1
Chapel Choir
LRV 66.2
V072-1
Cache Blue
LRV 65.9

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C6D9E6 in HSL space. Pair Easy on the Eyes with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C6D9E6 + #E6D3C6
TRIADIC
#C6D9E6 · #E6C6D9 · #D9E6C6
ANALOGOUS
#C6E6E3 · #C6D9E6 · #C6C9E6

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.45:1 fail
Sample text on black
14.47:1 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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