Mountain Pear (Valspar 4005-9A)
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Mountain Pear (Valspar 4005-9A) is a very light, neutral off-white from Valspar: LRV 80, so it reflects about 80 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Mountain Pear
Four Valspar colors picked for Mountain Pear by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, 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 Mountain Pear, 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 | Silent Ripple | SW 9682 | 74 | 1.9 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Lily White | 2128-70 | 79.7 | 1.4 | very close |
| Behr | Morning Haze | 590C-1 | 79.7 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Sweet Illusion | 1243-1 | 80 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar off-white colors nearest to Mountain Pear (LRV 80) by LRV.
Lighter than Mountain Pear
Darker than Mountain Pear
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 4005-9A |
| Hex | #E0E9ED |
| RGB | 224, 233, 237 |
| HSL | 198°, 27%, 90% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 80 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.8, -2.2, -3.0 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Mountain Pear (Valspar 4005-9A), published as #E0E9ED
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Mountain Pear (Valspar 4005-9A)?
- Mountain Pear has an LRV of 80. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Mountain Pear is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Mountain Pear in another brand?
- Sweet Illusion (PPG 1243-1) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Mountain Pear warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Mountain Pear as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is -3.0; 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.