Sweet Sand (Valspar 2007-6C)
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Sweet Sand (Valspar 2007-6C) is a light, warm beige from Valspar: LRV 79, so it reflects about 79 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sweet Sand
Four Valspar colors picked for Sweet Sand 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 Sweet Sand, 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 | Champagne | SW 6644 | 78 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | French Manicure | 1086 | 75.7 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Buckwheat Flour | S280-1 | 77.2 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Belleek | 18-25 | 80 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar beige colors nearest to Sweet Sand (LRV 79) by LRV.
Lighter than Sweet Sand
Darker than Sweet Sand
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2007-6C |
| Hex | #F3E4D0 |
| RGB | 243, 228, 208 |
| HSL | 34°, 59%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 79 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.3, 1.9, 11.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sweet Sand (Valspar 2007-6C), published as #F3E4D0
#E2DACE
#FFEED0
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sweet Sand (Valspar 2007-6C)?
- Sweet Sand has an LRV of 79. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sweet Sand is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sweet Sand in another brand?
- French Manicure (BM 1086) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sweet Sand warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Sweet Sand as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.6; 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.