Pale Powder (Valspar 3001-8A)
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Pale Powder (Valspar 3001-8A) is a medium, warm beige from Valspar: LRV 46, so it reflects about 46 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Pale Powder
Four Valspar colors picked for Pale Powder 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 Pale Powder, 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 | Tawny Tan | SW 7713 | 47 | 1.9 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Cream Soda | 1082 | 44.6 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Sanderling | S220-3 | 43.6 | 1.4 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Transcend | 1079-4 | 43 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar beige colors nearest to Pale Powder (LRV 46) by LRV.
Lighter than Pale Powder
Darker than Pale Powder
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3001-8A |
| Hex | #CCAF98 |
| RGB | 204, 175, 152 |
| HSL | 27°, 34%, 70% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 46 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 73.4, 7.0, 15.7 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Pale Powder (Valspar 3001-8A), published as #CCAF98
#BCA596
#DCB998
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Pale Powder (Valspar 3001-8A)?
- Pale Powder has an LRV of 46. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Pale Powder is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Pale Powder in another brand?
- Cream Soda (BM 1082) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 1.2 (very close).
- Is Pale Powder warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Pale Powder as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 15.7; 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.