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VALSPAR · T640

Valspar Shaken or Stirred?#CBC5AD · LRV 55.5

Shaken or Stirred? reads as a yellow / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Valspar T640 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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VALSPAR SHAKEN OR STIRRED?
RGB 203, 197, 173 LRV 55.5

Color spec

Brand Valspar
Name Shaken or Stirred?
SKU T640
Hex #CBC5AD
RGB 203, 197, 173
HSL 48°, 22%, 74%
LRV 55.5
Undertone yellow / warm
Family Neutral

About Valspar Shaken or Stirred?

At LRV 55.5, Shaken or Stirred? is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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.

Shaken or Stirred? 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.

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
Cantera
SKU 0343 · #CEC5AF · LRV 56
ΔE 1.83 (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 neutral from that brand.

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.02
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
2143-40
#CBC7B0
Camouflage
ΔE 1.02 · LRV 55
976
#CAC4B0
Coastal Fog
ΔE 1.48 · LRV 53
CC-520
#CAC4B0
Florentine Plaster
ΔE 1.48 · LRV 53
2142-50
#C8C5B2
Gray Mirage
ΔE 2.03 · LRV 54
HC-83
#CEC5B0
Grant Beige
ΔE 2.1 · LRV 56

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.77
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
14-26
#C8C0AA
Hideaway
ΔE 1.77 · LRV 53
1029-3
#CAC8B6
French Gray Linen
ΔE 2.65 · LRV 57
1101-3
#CEC1A5
Stylish
ΔE 3.24 · LRV 54
1125-3
#C8CAB5
Whispering Pine
ΔE 3.74 · LRV 58
1030-2
#C3C7B2
Pale Pine
ΔE 4.48 · LRV 56

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.82
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7738
#CDC4AE
Cargo Pants
ΔE 1.82 · LRV 56
SW 7542
#CBC0AD
Naturel
ΔE 3.7 · LRV 53
SW 7529
#D4C5AD
Sand Beach
ΔE 4.35 · LRV 57
SW 7532
#CFC0AB
Urban Putty
ΔE 4.98 · LRV 54
SW 7527
#D0BFAA
Nantucket Dune
ΔE 5.94 · LRV 54

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.34
All neutral at Behr →
HDC-NT-18
#D0C6B0
Yuma Sand
ΔE 2.34 · LRV 57
710C-3
#CBC3A4
Gobi Desert
ΔE 2.35 · LRV 54
PPU10-10
#CAC8B6
Ocean Foam
ΔE 2.65 · LRV 57
700C-3
#D1C6B2
Pecan Sandie
ΔE 3.33 · LRV 57
290E-3
#D1C1A9
Classic Taupe
ΔE 4.83 · LRV 55

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.77
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 15
#CEC3AD
Bone
ΔE 2.77 · LRV 55
NO. 4
#CFC3AD
Old White
ΔE 3.25 · LRV 55
NO. 211
#CEC1AD
Stony Ground
ΔE 4.26 · LRV 54
NO. 32
#C4C6A5
Cooking Apple Green
ΔE 4.9 · LRV 55
NO. 264
#D6C2AC
Oxford Stone
ΔE 7.03 · LRV 56

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.94
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6192
#D2C6AE
Nomadic Taupe
ΔE 2.94 · LRV 57
DEC775
#C7C4A5
Sea Glass
ΔE 2.98 · LRV 54
DEC767
#D2C5AE
Riverbed
ΔE 3.55 · LRV 57
DE6199
#D6C5A9
Pale Beach
ΔE 4.87 · LRV 57
DEC747
#D5C3AD
Sahara
ΔE 6.11 · LRV 56

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.74
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-156
#D3C9B7
Plaster
ΔE 3.74 · LRV 59
JG-18
#CDCABC
Gatherings
ΔE 3.96 · LRV 59
JG-104
#D1C8B8
Southern Grown
ΔE 4.02 · LRV 58
JG-56
#BEC3B2
Clean Lines
ΔE 5.32 · LRV 53
JG-127
#C7C2BB
Anatolian
ΔE 7 · LRV 54

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.91
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 3.91 · LRV 65
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 12.16 · LRV 60
BD-EA
#E5C580
Eames
ΔE 12.7 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 16.23 · LRV 53
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 20.2 · LRV 51

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.78
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 4.78 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-17
#D4CBC0
Flatiron
ΔE 6.34 · LRV 61
PNT100-MD-47
#C4CEBD
Dirty Martini
ΔE 7.25 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-08
#CBCBC5
Windy City
ΔE 7.42 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 8.83 · LRV 54

Similar Valspar colors

closest in the Valspar deck

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

V096-2
Tea Party
LRV 55
T680
Chopped Almonds
LRV 56.8
M302
Ancient Relic
LRV 55.3
6001-3B
Mint Frost
LRV 56.9
6005-3B
Brown Buzz
LRV 55.5
8004-23B
Snake Charmer
LRV 54

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #CBC5AD in HSL space. Pair Shaken or Stirred? with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#CBC5AD + #ADB3CB
TRIADIC
#CBC5AD · #ADCBC5 · #C5ADCB
ANALOGOUS
#CBB6AD · #CBC5AD · #C2CBAD

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.73:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.13:1 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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