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Valspar Night Skyscraper#6A5F5E · LRV 12

Night Skyscraper reads as a red / warm — dark — high drama, needs strong daylight or warm bulbs. The notes below cover the spec, what Valspar 8004-3F actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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VALSPAR NIGHT SKYSCRAPER
RGB 106, 95, 94 LRV 12

Color spec

Brand Valspar
Name Night Skyscraper
SKU 8004-3F
Hex #6A5F5E
RGB 106, 95, 94
HSL 5°, 6%, 39%
LRV 12
Undertone red / warm
Family Gray

About Valspar Night Skyscraper

With an LRV of 12, Night Skyscraper is a deep, dramatic shade. It soaks up light in north-facing rooms and looks richest where strong daylight hits it. Because it carries almost no measurable hue, it stays a true neutral and pairs cleanly with nearly any trim or floor. Warm artificial light softens it; cool LED can make it look flat, so match your bulbs to the mood you want.

Night Skyscraper works best as a feature — a single wall, built-ins, a study or dining room — rather than wrapping a whole bright space. 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
Tornado Wind
SKU 0584 · #60635F · LRV 12
ΔE 8.79 (different)
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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.

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.32
All gray at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6012
#6E615F
Browse Brown
ΔE 1.32 · LRV 13
SW 7082
#676064
Stunning Shade
ΔE 3.16 · LRV 12
SW 7505
#665D57
Manor House
ΔE 3.56 · LRV 11
SW 6271
#695C62
Expressive Plum
ΔE 4.11 · LRV 12
SW 6019
#6F5C5F
Poetry Plum
ΔE 4.44 · LRV 12

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.33
All gray at PPG / Glidden →
1004-6
#645D5E
Phantom Hue
ΔE 2.33 · LRV 11
1005-6
#665D59
Oswego Tea
ΔE 2.46 · LRV 11
1008-7
#605C58
Stone's Throw
ΔE 4.93 · LRV 11
1075-6
#736157
Poppy Pods
ΔE 5.26 · LRV 13
15-18
#6D6053
Introspective
ΔE 6.5 · LRV 12

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.47
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
1456
#675C5F
Mountain Ridge
ΔE 2.47 · LRV 13
CSP-90
#6A635D
Coachman's Cape®
ΔE 4.25 · LRV 14
2115-30
#6F5B5C
Amazon Soil
ΔE 4.37 · LRV 13
ES-44
#675D53
Spanish Moss
ΔE 5.52 · LRV 0
CSP-60
#626463
City Shadow
ΔE 7.38 · LRV

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.65
All gray at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6390
#6F6665
Chocolate Pudding
ΔE 2.65 · LRV 14
DE6041
#6F5D57
Missing Link
ΔE 3.77 · LRV 12
DE6062
#726259
Tea Bag
ΔE 4.65 · LRV 13
DE6370
#60605E
Charcoal Smudge
ΔE 6.33 · LRV 12
DE6356
#5E6063
Sheet Metal
ΔE 6.99 · LRV 12

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.81
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-DP-53
#726460
Coffee Date
ΔE 2.81 · LRV 14
PNT100-DP-33
#706473
Prince
ΔE 8.32 · LRV 14
PNT100-DP-42
#545E66
Goodnight Moon
ΔE 11.59 · LRV 11
PNT100-DP-51
#5A6964
Current Mood
ΔE 15.14 · LRV 13
PNT100-DP-65
#4D6A70
Nearly Navy
ΔE 19.83 · LRV 13

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.95
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-147
#6C6563
Salvaged
ΔE 2.95 · LRV 13
JG-143
#625F63
Autumn Gray
ΔE 4.56 · LRV 12
JG-121
#625D55
Rocking Horse
ΔE 6.22 · LRV 11
JG-142
#626368
Texas Storm
ΔE 6.6 · LRV 13
JG-169
#626056
Trailhead
ΔE 8.45 · LRV 12

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.37
All gray at Behr →
PPU17-19
#696465
Arabian Veil
ΔE 3.37 · LRV 13
BNC-23
#6E5955
Almond Truffle
ΔE 4.71 · LRV 11
N180-6
#6E645B
Derby
ΔE 5.09 · LRV 13
MQ2-34
#715A54
Bistro
ΔE 5.53 · LRV 11
N130-6
#6E585B
River Rocks
ΔE 5.72 · LRV 11

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.94
All gray at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 244
#786963
London Clay
ΔE 4.94 · LRV 15
NO. 290
#726454
Salon Drab
ΔE 8.02 · LRV 13
NO. 26
#626664
Down Pipe
ΔE 8.91 · LRV 13
NO. 281
#4D5B6A
Stiffkey Blue
ΔE 13.74 · LRV 10
NO. 289
#586768
Inchyra Blue
ΔE 13.84 · LRV 13

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 11.52
All gray at Backdrop →
BD-BA
#7C5F47
Buenos Aires
ΔE 11.52 · LRV 14
BD-TS
#7C5F47
Two Step
ΔE 11.52 · LRV 14
BD-IT
#5C4435
It's a Date
ΔE 12.12 · LRV 7
BD-MJ
#5A6E7E
Mom Jeans
ΔE 16.02 · LRV 18
BD-WK
#3F546B
We Three Kings
ΔE 17.1 · LRV 8

Similar Valspar colors

closest in the Valspar deck

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

8004-1F
Double Infinity
LRV 12
8005-2F
Catch of the Day
LRV 12
T591
Snakeskin
LRV 12.2
M360
Weathervane
LRV 12.1
4005-2B
High-Speed Steel
LRV 12.6
T700
Architect
LRV 12.3

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #6A5F5E in HSL space. Pair Night Skyscraper with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#6A5F5E + #5E696A
TRIADIC
#6A5F5E · #5E6A5F · #5F5E6A
ANALOGOUS
#6A5E63 · #6A5F5E · #6A655E

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
6.16:1 AA
Sample text on black
3.41:1 AA Large

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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