Patrick's Perfect Day
V071-2 · #95C3DF · LRV 50.8 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Wolf Gray21
- 2Resolute Blue40
- 3Patrick's Perfect Day50.8
- 4Honolulu Blue62
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is Patrick's Perfect Day, Really?
Patrick's Perfect Day reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar V071-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Patrick's Perfect Day
Patrick's Perfect Day 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. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.
How Lighting Changes Patrick's Perfect Day
At LRV 50.8, Patrick's Perfect Day 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 Patrick's Perfect Day 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 V071-2 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 | Sky FallSW 9049 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.7 | 51 | Color page → |
| Behr | Charismatic SkyM520-3 · Behr | 1.5 | 50 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Faded Denim795 · Benjamin Moore | 0.5 | 51 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Viva La BleuPPG1242-3 · PPG / Glidden | 3.7 | 49 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Viva La BleuPPG1242-3 · Glidden | 4.0 | 49 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Twinkle138-5DB · Dutch Boy | 1.4 | 49 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Patrick's Perfect Day 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 #95C3DF in HSL space. Pair Patrick's Perfect Day with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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