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Quiet Mint

5003-1A · #D5DAD0 · LRV 68.8 · cool green tone

5003-1A · #D5DAD0 · LRV 68.8 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.

Quiet MintValspar · 5003-1A
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Quiet Mint
VALSPAR · 5003-1A · #D5DAD0
Brand · codeValspar5003-1A · all Valspar grays
LRV68.8Light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
Undertonecool green tone
FamilyGray
Hex · RGB · HSL#D5DAD0 · 213, 218, 208 · 90°, 12%, 84%Display values from the brand. Match it at another brand
Sheen we recommendEggshell on walls · satin on trim and cabinetsWhich sheen where, explained
Where it sits, light to dark
  1. 1Stardew43
  2. 2Sea Salt63
  3. 3Quiet Mint68.8
  4. 4Spring Thaw83
Undertone and depth

What Color Is Quiet Mint, Really?

Quiet Mint reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar 5003-1A behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.

Room by room

Best Rooms and Uses for Quiet Mint

Quiet Mint 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.

Light by light

How Lighting Changes Quiet Mint

At LRV 68.8, Quiet Mint 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.

Test it in your light, not a showroom's

Most complaints about Quiet Mint 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.

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Need It From Another Brand?

Any paint counter can custom-tint Valspar 5003-1A 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.

Same deck, next chip over

Similar Valspar Colors

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

Contrast, for text and signage
Black text on Quiet Mint · 14.8 : 1 · passes AA and AAAWhite text on Quiet Mint · 1.4 : 1 · fails for text

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 #D5DAD0 in HSL space. Pair Quiet Mint with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#D5DAD0 + #D5D0DA
TRIADIC
#D5DAD0 · #D0D5DA · #DAD0D5
ANALOGOUS
#DADAD0 · #D5DAD0 · #D0DAD0

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