Desert Fortress (Valspar 2008-10B)
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Desert Fortress (Valspar 2008-10B) is a light, warm beige from Valspar: LRV 62, so it reflects about 62 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Desert Fortress
Four Valspar colors picked for Desert Fortress 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 Desert Fortress, 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 | Rivers Edge | SW 7517 | 63 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Dusty Road | 1017 | 63.6 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Haze | ICC-22 | 61.1 | 1.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Sourdough | 1084-3 | 64 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar beige colors nearest to Desert Fortress (LRV 62) by LRV.
Lighter than Desert Fortress
Darker than Desert Fortress
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2008-10B |
| Hex | #DACDBD |
| RGB | 218, 205, 189 |
| HSL | 33°, 28%, 80% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 62 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 83.0, 1.8, 9.6 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Desert Fortress (Valspar 2008-10B), published as #DACDBD
#C9C3BB
#EBD7BD
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Desert Fortress (Valspar 2008-10B)?
- Desert Fortress has an LRV of 62. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Desert Fortress is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Desert Fortress in another brand?
- Rivers Edge (SW 7517) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Desert Fortress warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Desert Fortress as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 9.6; 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.