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Petal & Slate Color Scheme

A soft blush paired with a cool gray-blue for a calm, modern look that feels gentle but grounded. Each shade is matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

Start with Pale Petal, a barely-there blush that reads almost like a warm neutral in good light. It sets a soft, easygoing mood without ever feeling sweet or girly, which is why it spreads so well across big surfaces. The faint pink warmth keeps a space feeling welcoming, and it gives the cooler tones in this scheme something gentle to lean against.

To keep that softness from going flat, Blue Slate steps in as a cool, muted gray-blue that grounds the whole look and adds a little quiet edge. Soft White ties it together as a clean, low-glare backdrop that brightens corners and frames the other two without competing. Together they feel modern and calm, and the mix is flexible enough to flow through a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, or your whole home.

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Pale Petal
walls
Behr Palatial · 760A-2
#EEDDDC
LRV 75
Blue Slate
trim
Glidden French Grey · 70BG 19/071
#6C7A83
LRV 19
Soft White
accent
Valspar Du Jour · 7002-6
#F1EFE9
LRV 86

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Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Tap a swatch for its full guide or + to save it — take any SKU to the store, they mix on demand.

Pale Petal
#EFDCDB · LRV 75 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6308 · ΔE 1.69
Behr · 760A-2 · ΔE 0.77
Benjamin Moore · 2092-70 · ΔE 1.46
Valspar · 1006-6C · ΔE 1.4
PPG / Glidden · PPG1048-2 · ΔE 1.11
Glidden · PPG1048-2 · ΔE 1.4
Dutch Boy · 302-1DB · ΔE 1.04
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4067 · ΔE 6.31
Dunn-Edwards · DE6043 · ΔE 1.78
Magnolia Home · JG-108 · ΔE 8.88
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2006 · ΔE 6.26
Diamond Vogel · 1167 · ΔE 2.42
Hirshfield's · 1167 · ΔE 2.29
Rodda · R031 · ΔE 8.06
C2 Paint · BD4 · ΔE 7.16
Clare · PNT100-LT-25 · ΔE 1.59
Portola Paints · GEM · ΔE 9.8
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 14.17
Backdrop · BD-CC · ΔE 13.15
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 3.44
Kompozit · 1167 · ΔE 2.29
Blue Slate
#6E7C86 · LRV 19 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6235 · ΔE 3.5
Behr · PPF-38 · ΔE 2
Benjamin Moore · 2130-40 · ΔE 1.31
Valspar · 5001-2A · ΔE 2.88
PPG / Glidden · PPG10-02 · ΔE 4.61
Glidden · 70BG 19/071 · ΔE 0.97
Dutch Boy · 431-4DB · ΔE 3.78
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3313 · ΔE 6.19
Dunn-Edwards · DEC798 · ΔE 2.24
Magnolia Home · JG-78 · ΔE 9.95
Farrow & Ball · NO. G8 · ΔE 3.65
Diamond Vogel · 0513 · ΔE 3.78
Hirshfield's · 0506 · ΔE 2.29
Rodda · R098 · ΔE 2.92
C2 Paint · C2-711 · ΔE 7.86
Clare · PNT100-MD-16 · ΔE 5.13
Portola Paints · CARMINE · ΔE 21.05
Annie Sloan · GREEK BLUE · ΔE 7.59
Backdrop · BD-HF · ΔE 11.99
Rust-Oleum · 391446 · ΔE 14.28
Kompozit · 0506 · ΔE 2.29
Soft White
#F1EFE9 · LRV 86 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7100 · ΔE 1.43
Behr · T11-13 · ΔE 0.48
Benjamin Moore · 876 · ΔE 0.58
Valspar · 7002-6 · ΔE 0
PPG / Glidden · PPG0998-1 · ΔE 1.19
Glidden · 82YY 85/038 · ΔE 0.95
Dutch Boy · 020W · ΔE 0.96
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4052 · ΔE 0.96
Dunn-Edwards · DEHW02 · ΔE 0.99
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 0.48
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2003 · ΔE 2.62
Diamond Vogel · 1265 · ΔE 1.45
Hirshfield's · 1265 · ΔE 0.99
Rodda · R003 · ΔE 1.56
C2 Paint · C2-851 · ΔE 1.64
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 2.87
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 0.82
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 13.58
Backdrop · BD-JA · ΔE 1.92
Rust-Oleum · 285140 · ΔE 4.38
Kompozit · 1265 · ΔE 0.99

Questions

what colors go with pale petal pink?

Cool grays and gray-blues are its best friends, like the slate here. A clean soft white keeps things crisp, and warm woods or brass make the blush feel a little more grown-up.

is a pink and slate combo too much for a whole home?

Not at all. The blush is so soft it acts like a warm neutral, and the gray-blue keeps it calm, so the pairing stays easy to live with room after room.

what undertones should I watch with this scheme?

The pink leans warm and the slate leans cool, so let the white stay neutral to balance them. Test all three in your own light, since pink can shift quickly through the day.

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