Icing on the Cake
8001-10B · #F9CDCF · LRV 68 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Vintage Tea Rose47
- 2Pale Cherry Blossom61
- 3Icing on the Cake68
- 4First Light76
- 5Pink Bliss82
What Color Is Icing on the Cake, Really?
Icing on the Cake reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar 8001-10B behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Icing on the Cake
Icing on the Cake 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. Soft pinks flatter bedrooms and nurseries; deeper ones make a confident statement.
How Lighting Changes Icing on the Cake
At LRV 68, Icing on the Cake is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its red 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 Icing on the Cake 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 8001-10B 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 | Reverie PinkSW 6856 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.1 | 66 | Color page → |
| Behr | Demure Pink210C-2 · Behr | 1.6 | 69 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Pastel Pink2007-60 · Benjamin Moore | 1.4 | 68 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Kendall RosePPG1185-2 · PPG / Glidden | 0.7 | 67 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Kendall RosePPG1185-2 · Glidden | 0.6 | 67 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Blushed Pink103-3DB · Dutch Boy | 1.2 | 65 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Icing on the Cake 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 #F9CDCF in HSL space. Pair Icing on the Cake with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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