Silver Dusk (Valspar 4006-3A)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Silver Dusk (Valspar 4006-3A) is a light, cool blue from Valspar: LRV 61, so it reflects about 61 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Silver Dusk
Four Valspar colors picked for Silver Dusk by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper blue, 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 Silver Dusk, 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 | Wondrous Blue | SW 6807 | 59 | 2.1 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Lake Placid | 827 | 64.8 | 1.8 | very close |
| Behr | Eminence | 550E-2 | 62.4 | 1.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Constellation | 1155-4 | 60 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar blue colors nearest to Silver Dusk (LRV 61) by LRV.
Lighter than Silver Dusk
Darker than Silver Dusk
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 4006-3A |
| Hex | #BECFDA |
| RGB | 190, 207, 218 |
| HSL | 204°, 27%, 80% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 61 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 82.2, -3.5, -7.4 |
| Undertone | Cool |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Silver Dusk (Valspar 4006-3A), published as #BECFDA
#ABC5D8
#D1D9DA
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Valspar
More from Valspar
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Silver Dusk (Valspar 4006-3A)?
- Silver Dusk has an LRV of 61. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Silver Dusk is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Silver Dusk in another brand?
- Constellation (PPG 1155-4) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Silver Dusk warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Silver Dusk as cool, with a Cool undertone. Its Lab b* value is -7.4; 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.