Love Crystal
8002-46A · #D0DAE8 · LRV 69 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1French Lilac56
- 2Lavender Mist63
- 3Love Crystal69
- 4White Lavender76
- 5Barely Pink87
What Color Is Love Crystal, Really?
Love Crystal reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar 8002-46A behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Love Crystal
Love Crystal 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 Love Crystal
At LRV 69, Love Crystal 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 Love Crystal 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 8002-46A 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 | Rhythmic BlueSW 6806 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.3 | 69 | Color page → |
| Behr | Angelic BlueM540-2 · Behr | 0.8 | 69 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Whispering Wind1416 · Benjamin Moore | 2.1 | 70 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Blue SilkPPG1244-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.5 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Blue Silk30BB 63/097 · Glidden | 1.5 | 63 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Beautyberry141-2DB · Dutch Boy | 0.6 | 71 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Love Crystal 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 #D0DAE8 in HSL space. Pair Love Crystal with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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