Soft Haze
V100-1 · #D1DED8 · LRV 70.8 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Soft Haze, Really?
Soft Haze reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Valspar V100-1 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Soft Haze
Soft Haze 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 Soft Haze
At LRV 70.8, Soft Haze 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 Soft Haze 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 V100-1 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 | 2.3 | 70 | Color page → |
| Behr | Reflecting MomentS430-1A · Behr | 0.7 | 72 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Glacier Lake867 · Benjamin Moore | 2.2 | 71 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Watery BluePPG1035-1 · PPG / Glidden | 2.5 | 71 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Watery BluePPG1035-1 · Glidden | 2.1 | 71 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Atmospheric Blue333-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.8 | 71 | Color page → |
Similar Valspar Colors
The nearest shades to Soft Haze 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 #D1DED8 in HSL space. Pair Soft Haze with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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