Pale Tidepool
5008-5A · #D6E5CC · LRV 74.5 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Saybrook Sage45
- 2Soft Fern57
- 3Pale Tidepool74.5
- 4Alabaster82
- 5Frosty Lime89
What Color Is Pale Tidepool, Really?
Pale Tidepool reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar 5008-5A behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pale Tidepool
Pale Tidepool 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. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Pale Tidepool
At LRV 74.5, Pale Tidepool is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its green 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 Pale Tidepool 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 5008-5A 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 | LacewingSW 6729 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.1 | 74 | Color page → |
| Behr | Minty FrostingT12-18 · Behr | 1.0 | 77 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Light Pistachio2034-60 · Benjamin Moore | 2.6 | 74 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Great JoyPPG1120-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.5 | 75 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Great JoyPPG1120-3 · Glidden | 0.8 | 76 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Nurseried Green229-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.1 | 74 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Pale Tidepool 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 #D6E5CC in HSL space. Pair Pale Tidepool with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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