PROFESSIONAL-GRADE PAINT
ONE COAT COVERAGE
MADE FOR REAL RESULTS
CompositePaint
VALSPAR · 8006-2C

Valspar Wet Concrete#D0CABF · LRV 60

Wet Concrete reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Valspar 8006-2C actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

SEE IN A ROOM → CALCULATE PAINT NEEDED →
VALSPAR WET CONCRETE
RGB 208, 202, 191 LRV 60

Color spec

Brand Valspar
Name Wet Concrete
SKU 8006-2C
Hex #D0CABF
RGB 208, 202, 191
HSL 39°, 15%, 78%
LRV 60
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Neutral

About Valspar Wet Concrete

At LRV 60, Wet Concrete is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange 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.

Wet Concrete 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
Desert Mirage
SKU 0231 · #D2CABC · LRV 60
ΔE 1.35 (near-perfect)
SHOP KOMPOZIT ON AMAZON →

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.

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.54
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7029
#D1CBC1
Agreeable Gray
ΔE 0.54 · LRV 60
SW 7050
#CFCABD
Useful Gray
ΔE 1.18 · LRV 59
SW 7015
#CCC9C0
Repose Gray
ΔE 1.56 · LRV 58
SW 6169
#D1CDBF
Sedate Gray
ΔE 2 · LRV 61
SW 6078
#D3C8BD
Realist Beige
ΔE 2.51 · LRV 59

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.72
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
1025-3
#D1CCC2
Whiskers
ΔE 0.72 · LRV 61
1008-2
#CFC9BC
Storm's Coming
ΔE 0.95 · LRV 59
1007-2
#CECAC1
Swirling Smoke
ΔE 1.13 · LRV 59
1024-4
#D1C9BA
Moth Gray
ΔE 1.71 · LRV 59
14-29
#D1C9BA
Moth Gray
ΔE 1.71 · LRV 59

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.08
All neutral at Behr →
N320-2
#D2CCC3
Toasty Gray
ΔE 1.08 · LRV 61
PPU18-09
#D2CCC5
Burnished Clay
ΔE 2.01 · LRV 61
750C-3
#D3CABA
Sandstone Cliff
ΔE 2.16 · LRV 60
HDC-WR14-2
#CEC9C3
Winter Haze
ΔE 2.31 · LRV 59
790C-3
#CCCAC4
Dolphin Fin
ΔE 2.6 · LRV 59

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.32
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DEC786
#D3CEC5
Miner's Dust
ΔE 1.32 · LRV 62
DE6220
#D4CEBF
Porous Stone
ΔE 1.97 · LRV 62
DE6241
#D2CFC1
Lunar Landing
ΔE 2.51 · LRV 62
DE6276
#CBCDC4
Silhouette
ΔE 3.9 · LRV 60
DE6066
#D5C6BD
Desert Rock
ΔE 4.86 · LRV 58

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.33
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
AF-680
#CFCAC2
Wish
ΔE 1.33 · LRV
1534
#D0CDC2
Rodeo
ΔE 1.64 · LRV
1465
#CFCCC4
Nimbus
ΔE 1.75 · LRV 59
995
#D3C9BD
Mocha Cream
ΔE 1.88 · LRV 58
1004
#D2C8BD
Desert Light
ΔE 2.03 · LRV 58

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.46
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 228
#D1CBC3
Cornforth White
ΔE 1.46 · LRV 60
NO. 285
#CFCEC0
Cromarty
ΔE 3.23 · LRV 61
NO. 284
#D3CFCD
Worsted
ΔE 4.51 · LRV 63
NO. 205
#CCD0CD
Skylight
ΔE 5.56 · LRV 62
NO. 286
#D6C8C3
Peignoir
ΔE 5.71 · LRV 60

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.57
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-17
#D4CBC0
Flatiron
ΔE 1.57 · LRV 61
PNT100-LT-08
#CBCBC5
Windy City
ΔE 3.28 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 6.66 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 7.1 · LRV 58
PNT100-MD-47
#C4CEBD
Dirty Martini
ΔE 8.23 · LRV 60

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.12
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-117
#CBC9C1
Earl Gray
ΔE 2.12 · LRV 58
JG-104
#D1C8B8
Southern Grown
ΔE 2.21 · LRV 58
JG-18
#CDCABC
Gatherings
ΔE 2.32 · LRV 59
JG-156
#D3C9B7
Plaster
ΔE 2.95 · LRV 59
JG-13
#C9CEC4
Emmie's Room
ΔE 5.32 · LRV 61

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.71
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 2.71 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 6.41 · LRV 73
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 9.35 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 12.99 · LRV 53
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 16.6 · LRV 51

Similar Valspar colors

closest in the Valspar deck

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

7007-24
Heritage Gray
LRV 60
5008-1B
Bay Sands
LRV 59.8
8004-26B
Gentle Soul
LRV 59
6005-1B
Villa Grey
LRV 58.6
5005-3B
Sparkling Sage
LRV 60.2
4003-1B
Filtered Shade
LRV 58.4

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #D0CABF in HSL space. Pair Wet Concrete with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#D0CABF + #BFC5D0
TRIADIC
#D0CABF · #BFD0CA · #CABFD0
ANALOGOUS
#D0C2BF · #D0CABF · #CED0BF

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.63:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.88:1 AAA

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

EXPLORE MORE