Soft Skies (Valspar 4006-6A)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Soft Skies (Valspar 4006-6A) is a deep, cool blue from Valspar: LRV 38, so it reflects about 38 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Soft Skies
Four Valspar colors picked for Soft Skies 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 Soft Skies, 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 | Resolute Blue | SW 6507 | 40 | 2.1 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | San Francisco Bay | 802 | 37.8 | 2.3 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Chilly Blue | S500-4 | 39.6 | 1.9 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Arabella | 1157-4 | 38 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar blue colors nearest to Soft Skies (LRV 38) by LRV.
Lighter than Soft Skies
Darker than Soft Skies
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 4006-6A |
| Hex | #80ABC3 |
| RGB | 128, 171, 195 |
| HSL | 201°, 36%, 63% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 38 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 67.8, -8.5, -16.9 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Soft Skies (Valspar 4006-6A), published as #80ABC3
#6BA1C1
#95B5C3
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 Soft Skies (Valspar 4006-6A)?
- Soft Skies has an LRV of 38. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Soft Skies is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Soft Skies in another brand?
- Arabella (PPG 1157-4) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Soft Skies warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Soft Skies as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -16.9; 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.