Sweet Pastel (Valspar 1007-8C)
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Sweet Pastel (Valspar 1007-8C) is a light, neutral off-white from Valspar: LRV 76, so it reflects about 76 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sweet Pastel
Four Valspar colors picked for Sweet Pastel by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Valspar did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Sweet Pastel, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Intimate White | SW 6322 | 77 | 1.5 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Victorian Lace | 2100-70 | 74.9 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Milady | 160E-1 | 77.2 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Wistful Beige | 1061-2 | 74 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar off-white colors nearest to Sweet Pastel (LRV 76) by LRV.
Lighter than Sweet Pastel
Darker than Sweet Pastel
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1007-8C |
| Hex | #ECDFD9 |
| RGB | 236, 223, 217 |
| HSL | 19°, 33%, 89% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 76 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.7, 3.4, 4.5 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sweet Pastel (Valspar 1007-8C), published as #ECDFD9
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#FEE9D9
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sweet Pastel (Valspar 1007-8C)?
- Sweet Pastel has an LRV of 76. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sweet Pastel is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sweet Pastel in another brand?
- Wistful Beige (PPG 1061-2) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sweet Pastel warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Sweet Pastel as neutral, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 4.5; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.