Quiet Mint
5003-1A · #D5DAD0 · LRV 68.8 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | KingstonSW 9677 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.3 | 70 | Color page → |
| Behr | Brook GreenN410-2 · Behr | 0.6 | 68 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Healing Aloe1562 · Benjamin Moore | 0.6 | 68 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Wayward WillowPPG1033-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.0 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Wayward WillowPPG1033-2 · Glidden | 1.1 | 71 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Frosted Needles328-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.9 | 69 | Color page → |
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.
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.
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