Soft Candlelight (Valspar 3005-6C)
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Soft Candlelight (Valspar 3005-6C) is a light, warm beige from Valspar: LRV 72, so it reflects about 72 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Soft Candlelight
Four Valspar colors picked for Soft Candlelight 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 Soft Candlelight, 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 | Cottage Cream | SW 7678 | 72 | 1.2 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Randolph Bisque | CW-185 | 67 | 1.0 | very close |
| Behr | Light Incense | UL150-7 | 73.3 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Peach Dip | 1203-3 | 75 | 1.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar beige colors nearest to Soft Candlelight (LRV 72) by LRV.
Lighter than Soft Candlelight
Darker than Soft Candlelight
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 3005-6C |
| Hex | #EFDABB |
| RGB | 239, 218, 187 |
| HSL | 36°, 62%, 84% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 72 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.0, 2.4, 17.9 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Soft Candlelight (Valspar 3005-6C), published as #EFDABB
#DED0B9
#FFE4BB
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Soft Candlelight (Valspar 3005-6C)?
- Soft Candlelight has an LRV of 72. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Soft Candlelight is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Soft Candlelight in another brand?
- Light Incense (Behr UL150-7) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is Soft Candlelight warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Soft Candlelight as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 17.9; 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.