Sea Serenade (Valspar 5002-8A)
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Sea Serenade (Valspar 5002-8A) is a medium, cool blue from Valspar: LRV 40, so it reflects about 40 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sea Serenade
Four Valspar colors picked for Sea Serenade 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 Sea Serenade, 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 | Nautilus | SW 6780 | 42 | 1.8 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Bayville Blue | 747 | 38.9 | 1.6 | very close |
| Behr | Riverside Blue | 530D-5 | 39.8 | 1.6 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Crystal Lake | 1151-4 | 42 | 3.6 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar blue colors nearest to Sea Serenade (LRV 40) by LRV.
Lighter than Sea Serenade
Darker than Sea Serenade
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 5002-8A |
| Hex | #75B3C2 |
| RGB | 117, 179, 194 |
| HSL | 192°, 39%, 61% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 40 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 69.4, -16.0, -13.9 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sea Serenade (Valspar 5002-8A), published as #75B3C2
#5EA9C0
#8BBDC2
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sea Serenade (Valspar 5002-8A)?
- Sea Serenade has an LRV of 40. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sea Serenade is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Sea Serenade in another brand?
- Riverside Blue (Behr 530D-5) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.6 (very close).
- Is Sea Serenade warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Sea Serenade as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -13.9; 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.