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Valspar Fairies in America#A9BDDE · LRV 50.1

Fairies in America reads as a blue / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Valspar P111 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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VALSPAR FAIRIES IN AMERICA
RGB 169, 189, 222 LRV 50.1

Color spec

Brand Valspar
Name Fairies in America
SKU P111
Hex #A9BDDE
RGB 169, 189, 222
HSL 217°, 45%, 77%
LRV 50.1
Undertone blue / cool
Family Blue

About Valspar Fairies in America

At LRV 50.1, Fairies in America 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.

Fairies in America 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. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.

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
Sail into the Horizon
SKU 0595 · #A3BBDC · LRV 48
ΔE 1.57 (near-perfect)
SHOP KOMPOZIT ON AMAZON →

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 blue from that brand.

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.72
All blue at Behr →
S550-3
#ADC0DC
Chivalrous
ΔE 1.72 · LRV 52
S540-3
#A9BDE9
Meadow Phlox
ΔE 2.77 · LRV 51
610D-4
#A1BFE7
Bellflower
ΔE 3.05 · LRV 51
S560-3
#AFBDE5
Noble Purple
ΔE 3.26 · LRV 51
640F-4
#B4BDDD
Fading Sunset
ΔE 4.18 · LRV 51

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.18
All blue at PPG / Glidden →
1244-3
#A3BCDB
Valor
ΔE 2.18 · LRV 49
1246-4
#ADBAE3
French Lilac
ΔE 3.68 · LRV 50
1245-4
#ABB6D7
Lilac Sachet
ΔE 3.71 · LRV 47
1162-3
#ADC0D6
Blue Thistle
ΔE 3.89 · LRV 51
1161-3
#A1BED9
Everlasting
ΔE 4.46 · LRV 49

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.73
All blue at Dunn-Edwards →
DE5891
#A7C2EB
Sky High
ΔE 2.73 · LRV 53
DE5884
#A2B7CF
Misted Eve
ΔE 3.82 · LRV 46
DE5912
#B7BDD6
Hazy Sky
ΔE 5.33 · LRV 51
DE5870
#A3B9CD
Northern Pond
ΔE 5.42 · LRV 47
DE5849
#99C1DC
January Frost
ΔE 7.41 · LRV 50

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.27
All blue at Benjamin Moore →
815
#A3C1E3
Swiss Blue
ΔE 3.27 · LRV
1418
#B4BDD9
Oriental Iris
ΔE 4.04 · LRV 52
808
#A1BFD5
Sapphire Ice
ΔE 6.4 · LRV
CC-878
#A1BFD5
H2O
ΔE 6.4 · LRV 50
2069-50
#B8B9D2
Blue Orchid
ΔE 7.47 · LRV 50

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.32
All blue at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6815
#A7B2D4
Awesome Violet
ΔE 4.32 · LRV 45
SW 9066
#BBC5DE
Agapanthus
ΔE 4.48 · LRV 56
SW 6240
#AABAC6
Windy Blue
ΔE 7.88 · LRV 48
SW 9063
#9BC8DE
Porch Ceiling
ΔE 10.01 · LRV 54
SW 6822
#BDB4D4
Wisteria
ΔE 11.43 · LRV 48

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.55
All blue at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 89
#A1B8CA
Lulworth Blue
ΔE 6.55 · LRV 46
NO. 27
#B2BFC5
Parma Gray
ΔE 10.36 · LRV 51
NO. 210
#A1C5C8
Blue Ground
ΔE 14.8 · LRV 52
NO. 22
#B8BCB5
Light Blue
ΔE 17.06 · LRV 49
NO. 84
#ADBDB2
Green Blue
ΔE 18.96 · LRV 48

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 7.49
All blue at Clare →
PNT100-MD-73
#ADBECB
Cloud Watching
ΔE 7.49 · LRV 50
PNT100-LT-37
#B1C6CA
Summer Friday
ΔE 12.35 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 14.95 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-35
#B9CDC8
Views
ΔE 16.57 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-13
#C2B8B2
Greige
ΔE 17.44 · LRV 49

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.7
All blue at Backdrop →
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 8.7 · LRV 51
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 11.1 · LRV 41
BD-NU
#A4A89F
Nuevo
ΔE 19.2 · LRV 38
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 23.3 · LRV 65
BD-LF
#A4AB95
Le Freak
ΔE 24.95 · LRV 35

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 9.61
All blue at Magnolia Home →
JG-93
#C1C6CE
Cement Pots
ΔE 9.61 · LRV 56
JG-83
#C1C5C5
Loft
ΔE 13.17 · LRV 55
JG-88
#AFCACD
Vibrant Horizon
ΔE 13.71 · LRV 56
JG-76
#AEC8CA
It Is Well
ΔE 13.92 · LRV 55
JG-123
#BBBDB9
Day-to-day
ΔE 15.47 · LRV 50

Similar Valspar colors

closest in the Valspar deck

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

P073
September Aster
LRV 49.4
8002-46C
Canopy Bed
LRV 51
4005-7C
Promise
LRV 53.1
8001-44C
Dena's Delight
LRV 52
8003-46B
Penelope
LRV 51
8001-46C
Organza
LRV 54

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #A9BDDE in HSL space. Pair Fairies in America with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#A9BDDE + #DECAA9
TRIADIC
#A9BDDE · #DEA9BD · #BDDEA9
ANALOGOUS
#A9D7DE · #A9BDDE · #AFA9DE

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.91:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.02:1 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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