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Valspar Lighthouse Shadows#B7C5CC · LRV 54.6

Lighthouse Shadows reads as a blue / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Valspar 4008-3B actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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VALSPAR LIGHTHOUSE SHADOWS
RGB 183, 197, 204 LRV 54.6

Color spec

Brand Valspar
Name Lighthouse Shadows
SKU 4008-3B
Hex #B7C5CC
RGB 183, 197, 204
HSL 200°, 17%, 76%
LRV 54.6
Undertone blue / cool
Family Gray

About Valspar Lighthouse Shadows

At LRV 54.6, Lighthouse Shadows 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.

Lighthouse Shadows 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. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.

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
Star Mist
SKU 0630 · #B3C6CE · LRV 54
ΔE 1.76 (near-perfect)
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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 gray from that brand.

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.59
All gray at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 27
#B2BFC5
Parma Gray
ΔE 1.59 · LRV 51
NO. 210
#A1C5C8
Blue Ground
ΔE 8.07 · LRV 52
NO. 270
#CCC8CE
Calluna
ΔE 8.79 · LRV 59
NO. 236
#C0CDC2
Teresa's Green
ΔE 9.06 · LRV 59
NO. 242
#C8C3BC
Pavilion Gray
ΔE 9.73 · LRV 55

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.62
All gray at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 9145
#B7C9D1
Sleepy Hollow
ΔE 1.62 · LRV 56
SW 6534
#BBC7D2
Icy
ΔE 2.49 · LRV 56
SW 6520
#B2C7D3
Honest Blue
ΔE 2.69 · LRV 55
SW 9055
#AFC7CD
Billowy Breeze
ΔE 3.83 · LRV 54
SW 6541
#BDC3CD
Daydream
ΔE 4.26 · LRV 54

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.06
All gray at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6331
#BFC9D0
Bay of Hope
ΔE 2.06 · LRV 57
DE6353
#BBBFC3
Silver Lined
ΔE 4.21 · LRV 52
DE5772
#ADC5C9
Blue Spruce
ΔE 4.42 · LRV 53
DE6360
#C0C3C4
Foil
ΔE 4.78 · LRV 54
DE6304
#B6C5C1
Blustery Wind
ΔE 5.76 · LRV 54

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.54
All gray at Behr →
HDC-CT-16A
#B4C8D4
English Hollyhock
ΔE 2.54 · LRV 56
MQ5-50
#AEC4D0
Opal Waters
ΔE 2.96 · LRV 53
PPU12-10
#BCC6C7
Misty Morn
ΔE 2.98 · LRV 55
HDC-SM14-8
#AFC9CF
Floating Blue
ΔE 4.48 · LRV 55
N550-3
#B9C3D2
Best In Show
ΔE 4.75 · LRV 54

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.7
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
AF-575
#BAC5D0
Instinct
ΔE 2.7 · LRV
2126-50
#BAC1C6
Gray Timber Wolf
ΔE 2.84 · LRV 52
2122-40
#BAC8C9
Smoke
ΔE 3.13 · LRV 56
1641
#B1C7CB
Blue Porcelain
ΔE 3.75 · LRV 55
HC-150
#B5C8C9
Yarmouth Blue
ΔE 4.09 · LRV

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.02
All gray at PPG / Glidden →
1041-4
#BCC5CF
Blue Dolphin
ΔE 3.02 · LRV 55
1163-3
#B6C3D1
Pageant Song
ΔE 3.55 · LRV 54
1154-4
#ADC6D3
Twinkle
ΔE 3.74 · LRV 54
1034-4
#B5C8C9
Misty Surf
ΔE 4.09 · LRV 55
10-15
#BDC1C1
Quest
ΔE 4.71 · LRV 53

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.21
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-MD-73
#ADBECB
Cloud Watching
ΔE 3.21 · LRV 50
PNT100-LT-37
#B1C6CA
Summer Friday
ΔE 3.45 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 6.15 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 6.33 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-35
#B9CDC8
Views
ΔE 7.09 · LRV 58

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.2
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-93
#C1C6CE
Cement Pots
ΔE 4.2 · LRV 56
JG-83
#C1C5C5
Loft
ΔE 4.68 · LRV 55
JG-88
#AFCACD
Vibrant Horizon
ΔE 5.58 · LRV 56
JG-76
#AEC8CA
It Is Well
ΔE 5.59 · LRV 55
JG-12
#C5C9C2
Wedding Band
ΔE 7.59 · LRV 58

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.66
All gray at Backdrop →
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 4.66 · LRV 41
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 5.4 · LRV 51
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 13.37 · LRV 65
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 18.8 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 22.83 · LRV 53

Similar Valspar colors

closest in the Valspar deck

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

8004-38B
Annabelle
LRV 54
T672
Winter Wonderland
LRV 53.1
V137-3
Steampunk Gray
LRV 53.9
P035
Elliott Bay
LRV 53.9
8004-37C
Windblown Blue
LRV 54
8006-8B
Seersucker
LRV 53

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #B7C5CC in HSL space. Pair Lighthouse Shadows with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#B7C5CC + #CCBEB7
TRIADIC
#B7C5CC · #CCB7C5 · #C5CCB7
ANALOGOUS
#B7CCC9 · #B7C5CC · #B7BACC

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.77:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.87:1 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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