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VALSPAR · 4005-5B

Valspar Sailboat#AAC5D4 · LRV 53.1

Sailboat reads as a blue / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Valspar 4005-5B actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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VALSPAR SAILBOAT
RGB 170, 197, 212 LRV 53.1

Color spec

Brand Valspar
Name Sailboat
SKU 4005-5B
Hex #AAC5D4
RGB 170, 197, 212
HSL 201°, 33%, 75%
LRV 53.1
Undertone blue / cool
Family Blue

About Valspar Sailboat

At LRV 53.1, Sailboat 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.

Sailboat 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.

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
Dancing in the Rain
SKU 0644 · #ABC5D6 · LRV 53
ΔE 1.07 (near-perfect)
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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 blue from that brand.

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.67
All blue at Benjamin Moore →
836
#ADC6D4
Sea View
ΔE 0.67 · LRV
CW-655
#ACC7D4
Greenhow Blue
ΔE 1.01 · LRV 55
AF-535
#ABC1CC
Serenata
ΔE 1.98 · LRV 52
800
#A5C8DD
Palatial Skies
ΔE 2.48 · LRV 55
828
#B4C5D7
Airway
ΔE 4.29 · LRV

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.88
All blue at PPG / Glidden →
1154-4
#ADC6D3
Twinkle
ΔE 0.88 · LRV 54
1157-3
#ABC8D8
Sonata
ΔE 0.88 · LRV 55
1152-3
#A8C0CE
Graceful
ΔE 1.44 · LRV 50
1158-3
#A4C3D7
Blue Bows
ΔE 1.96 · LRV 52
1162-3
#ADC0D6
Blue Thistle
ΔE 5.01 · LRV 51

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.21
All blue at Backdrop →
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 1.21 · LRV 51
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 5.65 · LRV 41
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 17.87 · LRV 65
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 24.63 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 27.73 · LRV 53

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.56
All blue at Behr →
MQ5-50
#AEC4D0
Opal Waters
ΔE 1.56 · LRV 53
PPU14-13
#ADC7DC
Caspian Tide
ΔE 2.8 · LRV 55
N510-3
#ADC2C9
Stargazer
ΔE 3.37 · LRV 52
N540-3
#B0C1D2
Vanity
ΔE 3.99 · LRV 52
N490-3
#A7C7CD
Shaved Ice
ΔE 4.93 · LRV 53

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.82
All blue at Dunn-Edwards →
DE5800
#A8BFCC
Peace River
ΔE 1.82 · LRV 50
DE5793
#A3BFCB
Frozen Tundra
ΔE 2.25 · LRV 49
DE5772
#ADC5C9
Blue Spruce
ΔE 4.78 · LRV 53
DE5877
#B0C6DF
Afternoon Sky
ΔE 5.24 · LRV 55
DE5765
#9ACAD3
Surfside
ΔE 7.09 · LRV 54

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.92
All blue at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6506
#A9C9D7
Vast Sky
ΔE 1.92 · LRV 55
SW 6520
#B2C7D3
Honest Blue
ΔE 1.97 · LRV 55
SW 6527
#B2C8D8
Blissful Blue
ΔE 2.16 · LRV 56
SW 6513
#B3C9D3
Take Five
ΔE 2.41 · LRV 56
SW 9055
#AFC7CD
Billowy Breeze
ΔE 3.85 · LRV 54

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.4
All blue at Clare →
PNT100-MD-73
#ADBECB
Cloud Watching
ΔE 3.4 · LRV 50
PNT100-LT-37
#B1C6CA
Summer Friday
ΔE 4.67 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-35
#B9CDC8
Views
ΔE 9.27 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 10.05 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 10.78 · LRV 54

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.92
All blue at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 89
#A1B8CA
Lulworth Blue
ΔE 3.92 · LRV 46
NO. 27
#B2BFC5
Parma Gray
ΔE 5.03 · LRV 51
NO. 210
#A1C5C8
Blue Ground
ΔE 6.97 · LRV 52
NO. 22
#B8BCB5
Light Blue
ΔE 11.94 · LRV 49
NO. 84
#ADBDB2
Green Blue
ΔE 12.28 · LRV 48

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.65
All blue at Magnolia Home →
JG-88
#AFCACD
Vibrant Horizon
ΔE 5.65 · LRV 56
JG-76
#AEC8CA
It Is Well
ΔE 5.96 · LRV 55
JG-93
#C1C6CE
Cement Pots
ΔE 7.78 · LRV 56
JG-83
#C1C5C5
Loft
ΔE 9.09 · LRV 55
JG-123
#BBBDB9
Day-to-day
ΔE 11.21 · LRV 50

Similar Valspar colors

closest in the Valspar deck

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

P071
Plein Air
LRV 52
V109-3
Ruffled Feathers
LRV 52.6
8003-41B
Summer Rain
LRV 55
T632
Drenched
LRV 52
4004-5B
Novella Blue
LRV 52.4
M328
Juliet Blue
LRV 52

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #AAC5D4 in HSL space. Pair Sailboat with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#AAC5D4 + #D4B9AA
TRIADIC
#AAC5D4 · #D4AAC5 · #C5D4AA
ANALOGOUS
#AAD4CE · #AAC5D4 · #AAB0D4

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.8:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.65:1 AAA

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

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