Cape Sands (Valspar 2004-6C)
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Cape Sands (Valspar 2004-6C) is a light, warm beige from Valspar: LRV 75, so it reflects about 75 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Cape Sands
Four Valspar colors picked for Cape Sands 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 Cape Sands, 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 | Spun Sugar | SW 6337 | 68 | 2.3 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Nautilus Shell | 064 | 74.4 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Paper Heart | M210-2 | 74.6 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Sourpatch Peach | 1200-2 | 73 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar beige colors nearest to Cape Sands (LRV 75) by LRV.
Lighter than Cape Sands
Darker than Cape Sands
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2004-6C |
| Hex | #F6DCC9 |
| RGB | 246, 220, 201 |
| HSL | 25°, 71%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 75 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.4, 6.0, 12.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Cape Sands (Valspar 2004-6C), published as #F6DCC9
#E5D2C7
#FFE6C9
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Cape Sands (Valspar 2004-6C)?
- Cape Sands has an LRV of 75. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Cape Sands is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Cape Sands in another brand?
- Paper Heart (Behr M210-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Cape Sands warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Cape Sands as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 12.6; 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.