Kindness
8003-47A · #D3D8E5 · LRV 69 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1French Lilac56
- 2Lavender Mist63
- 3Kindness69
- 4White Lavender76
- 5Barely Pink87
What Color Is Kindness, Really?
Kindness reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar 8003-47A behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Kindness
Kindness 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. Purples range from restful (bedrooms) to dramatic (powder rooms) depending on depth.
How Lighting Changes Kindness
At LRV 69, Kindness 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 Kindness 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 8003-47A 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 | Starry NightSW 6540 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.6 | 69 | Color page → |
| Behr | So Blue-berryS540-1 · Behr | 0.8 | 69 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Whispering Wind1416 · Benjamin Moore | 0.6 | 70 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Blue SilkPPG1244-2 · PPG / Glidden | 3.4 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Aster PetalPPG1166-2 · Glidden | 2.6 | 70 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Whispered Lilac143-2DB · Dutch Boy | 4.4 | 68 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Kindness 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 #D3D8E5 in HSL space. Pair Kindness with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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