Badlands Taupe (Valspar 2003-10B)
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Badlands Taupe (Valspar 2003-10B) is a medium, warm beige from Valspar: LRV 57, so it reflects about 57 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Badlands Taupe
Four Valspar colors picked for Badlands Taupe by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 Badlands Taupe, 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 | Abalone Shell | SW 6050 | 60 | 1.1 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Acapulco Sand | 2105-60 | 59.9 | 1.6 | very close |
| Behr | Bella Mia | MQ3-05 | 58.5 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Wild Rice | 1072-3 | 55 | 1.4 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar beige colors nearest to Badlands Taupe (LRV 57) by LRV.
Lighter than Badlands Taupe
Darker than Badlands Taupe
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2003-10B |
| Hex | #D7C3BA |
| RGB | 215, 195, 186 |
| HSL | 19°, 27%, 79% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 57 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 80.2, 5.5, 7.1 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Badlands Taupe (Valspar 2003-10B), published as #D7C3BA
#C6B9B8
#E8CDBA
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Badlands Taupe (Valspar 2003-10B)?
- Badlands Taupe has an LRV of 57. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Badlands Taupe is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Badlands Taupe in another brand?
- Bella Mia (Behr MQ3-05) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Badlands Taupe warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Badlands Taupe as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.1; 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.