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VALSPAR · P028

Valspar Favorite Sweater#A1C8C6 · LRV 52.8

Favorite Sweater reads as a blue-green / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Valspar P028 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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VALSPAR FAVORITE SWEATER
RGB 161, 200, 198 LRV 52.8

Color spec

Brand Valspar
Name Favorite Sweater
SKU P028
Hex #A1C8C6
RGB 161, 200, 198
HSL 177°, 26%, 71%
LRV 52.8
Undertone blue-green / cool
Family Teal

About Valspar Favorite Sweater

At LRV 52.8, Favorite Sweater is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its teal 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.

Favorite Sweater 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. Teals add character without shouting — good for a vanity, an island or a feature wall.

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
Plunge
SKU 0701 · #A4C2B9 · LRV 50
ΔE 3.84 (noticeable)
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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 teal from that brand.

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.85
All teal at Behr →
540E-3
#9DC7C6
Blue Fox
ΔE 0.85 · LRV 52
PPU13-10
#A3C7C9
Ocean Boulevard
ΔE 2.12 · LRV 53
730F-4
#A5C4BE
Flint Smoke
ΔE 2.62 · LRV 51
N480-3
#A4CACE
Shadow Blue
ΔE 2.86 · LRV 55
N490-3
#A7C7CD
Shaved Ice
ΔE 4.57 · LRV 53

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1
All teal at Benjamin Moore →
675
#A6CBC9
Thunderbird
ΔE 1 · LRV 55
2050-50
#9DCDCB
Waterfall
ΔE 2.21 · LRV
2049-50
#98CED0
Spectra Blue
ΔE 3.44 · LRV
682
#ABC8C0
Warm Springs
ΔE 3.5 · LRV
717
#A9C3C6
Paradiso
ΔE 4.78 · LRV 51

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.01
All teal at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6485
#9EC6C6
Raindrop
ΔE 1.01 · LRV 52
SW 9051
#A3C0BD
Aquaverde
ΔE 3.06 · LRV 49
SW 9046
#97CBD2
Gentle Aquamarine
ΔE 4.18 · LRV 54
SW 9053
#9FC5CC
Agua Fría
ΔE 4.19 · LRV 52
SW 6464
#ACCABC
Aloe
ΔE 5.44 · LRV 55

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.1
All teal at PPG / Glidden →
1142-4
#9BC2BD
Pitter Patter
ΔE 2.1 · LRV 49
1137-4
#ADC8C0
Copenhagen
ΔE 3.93 · LRV 54
1138-3
#AFC7BF
Crystal Oasis
ΔE 4.65 · LRV 54
1235-4
#94C8D2
Idyllic Isle
ΔE 5.16 · LRV 52
1140-3
#A1CDBF
Tarreyton
ΔE 5.21 · LRV 55

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.61
All teal at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 210
#A1C5C8
Blue Ground
ΔE 2.61 · LRV 52
NO. 84
#ADBDB2
Green Blue
ΔE 7.77 · LRV 48
NO. 236
#C0CDC2
Teresa's Green
ΔE 8.84 · LRV 59
NO. 27
#B2BFC5
Parma Gray
ΔE 9.99 · LRV 51
NO. 22
#B8BCB5
Light Blue
ΔE 11.69 · LRV 49

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.15
All teal at Dunn-Edwards →
DE5744
#AECAC8
Seaport
ΔE 3.15 · LRV 55
DE5765
#9ACAD3
Surfside
ΔE 4.67 · LRV 54
DE5772
#ADC5C9
Blue Spruce
ΔE 5.67 · LRV 53
DE6304
#B6C5C1
Blustery Wind
ΔE 7.15 · LRV 54
DE6297
#B6C4BD
Patina Creek
ΔE 7.63 · LRV 53

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.48
All teal at Magnolia Home →
JG-76
#AEC8CA
It Is Well
ΔE 4.48 · LRV 55
JG-88
#AFCACD
Vibrant Horizon
ΔE 4.64 · LRV 56
JG-64
#A6BEB3
Texas Summer
ΔE 5.78 · LRV 48
JG-63
#AFBCAF
Freshly Cut Stems
ΔE 9.11 · LRV 48
JG-06
#B9BFB5
Americana Egg
ΔE 10.98 · LRV 51

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.84
All teal at Clare →
PNT100-LT-35
#B9CDC8
Views
ΔE 5.84 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-37
#B1C6CA
Summer Friday
ΔE 6.58 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 9.66 · LRV 58
PNT100-MD-73
#ADBECB
Cloud Watching
ΔE 11.24 · LRV 50
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 12.6 · LRV 54

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 9.34
All teal at Backdrop →
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 9.34 · LRV 51
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 9.35 · LRV 41
BD-NU
#A4A89F
Nuevo
ΔE 13.66 · LRV 38
BD-LF
#A4AB95
Le Freak
ΔE 14.22 · LRV 35
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 17.05 · LRV 65

Similar Valspar colors

closest in the Valspar deck

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

M315
New-Age Green
LRV 53.6
8003-38C
Wild Life
LRV 54
V101-3
Botanical Bliss
LRV 54
T623
Robin's Pride
LRV 52.2
5001-5B
High Noon
LRV 50.2
M325
Big Sky Country
LRV 52

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #A1C8C6 in HSL space. Pair Favorite Sweater with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#A1C8C6 + #C8A1A3
TRIADIC
#A1C8C6 · #C6A1C8 · #C8C6A1
ANALOGOUS
#A1C8B3 · #A1C8C6 · #A1B7C8

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.81:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.59:1 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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