Toasted Cranberry (Valspar 2001-5A)
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Toasted Cranberry (Valspar 2001-5A) is a very deep, warm red from Valspar: LRV 15, so it reflects about 15 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Toasted Cranberry
Four Valspar colors picked for Toasted Cranberry by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper red, 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 Toasted Cranberry, 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 | Bold Brick | SW 6327 | 15 | 1.3 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Warm Sienna | 1203 | 16.8 | 1.5 | very close |
| Behr | Persimmon Red | HDC-CL-09 | 14.2 | 2.2 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Hunt Club Red | 16-29 | 13 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar red colors nearest to Toasted Cranberry (LRV 15) by LRV.
Lighter than Toasted Cranberry
Darker than Toasted Cranberry
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2001-5A |
| Hex | #A4554D |
| RGB | 164, 85, 77 |
| HSL | 6°, 36%, 47% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 15 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 45.5, 31.7, 19.5 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Red |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Toasted Cranberry (Valspar 2001-5A), published as #A4554D
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#B35E4C
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Toasted Cranberry (Valspar 2001-5A)?
- Toasted Cranberry has an LRV of 15. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Toasted Cranberry is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Toasted Cranberry in another brand?
- Bold Brick (SW 6327) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 1.3 (very close).
- Is Toasted Cranberry warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Toasted Cranberry as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 19.5; 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.