Highland Winds
8004-45A · #D9DFE7 · LRV 73 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Highland Winds, Really?
Highland Winds reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar 8004-45A behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Highland Winds
Highland Winds 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. As a white, it's a natural for trim, ceilings and cabinets, and a clean backdrop for art.
How Lighting Changes Highland Winds
At LRV 73, Highland Winds 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.
Most complaints about Highland Winds 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 8004-45A 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 | Violet VignetteSW 7137 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.0 | 74 | Color page → |
| Behr | Eastern BreezePPL-70 · Behr | 1.0 | 74 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | First Snowfall1618 · Benjamin Moore | 2.5 | 74 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Irradiant IrisPPG1171-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.9 | 73 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Irradiant IrisPPG1171-3 · Glidden | 1.0 | 73 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Just Breathe240-1DB · Dutch Boy | 0.9 | 72 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Highland Winds 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 #D9DFE7 in HSL space. Pair Highland Winds with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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