Garden Pool (Valspar 5003-10C)
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Garden Pool (Valspar 5003-10C) is a very deep, cool blue from Valspar: LRV 19, so it reflects about 19 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Garden Pool
Four Valspar colors picked for Garden Pool 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 Garden Pool, 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 | Blue Mosque | SW 6789 | 17 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Pacific Palisades | 762 | 20.1 | 2.5 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Tibetan Turquoise | MQ4-53 | 19.3 | 1.7 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Bimini Blue | 1235-7 | 16 | 3.8 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar blue colors nearest to Garden Pool (LRV 19) by LRV.
Lighter than Garden Pool
Darker than Garden Pool
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 5003-10C |
| Hex | #0E829F |
| RGB | 14, 130, 159 |
| HSL | 192°, 84%, 34% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 19 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 50.2, -18.5, -23.7 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Garden Pool (Valspar 5003-10C), published as #0E829F
#00799D
#3E8B9F
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Garden Pool (Valspar 5003-10C)?
- Garden Pool has an LRV of 19. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Garden Pool is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Garden Pool in another brand?
- Blue Mosque (SW 6789) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Garden Pool warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Garden Pool as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -23.7; 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.