Sea Tickle (Valspar 5005-7B)
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Sea Tickle (Valspar 5005-7B) 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 Sea Tickle
Four Valspar colors picked for Sea Tickle 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 Tickle, 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 | Cay | SW 6772 | 58 | 1.3 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Spring Rain | 723 | 60.2 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Rapture Blue | 520C-3 | 61.5 | 1.2 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Everglade Mist | 1150-3 | 64 | 3.2 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar blue colors nearest to Sea Tickle (LRV 61) by LRV.
Lighter than Sea Tickle
Darker than Sea Tickle
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 5005-7B |
| Hex | #ABD5DA |
| RGB | 171, 213, 218 |
| HSL | 186°, 39%, 76% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 61 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 82.5, -12.6, -7.0 |
| Undertone | Cool |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sea Tickle (Valspar 5005-7B), published as #ABD5DA
#97CBD8
#BFDFDA
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sea Tickle (Valspar 5005-7B)?
- Sea Tickle has an LRV of 61. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sea Tickle is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sea Tickle in another brand?
- Spring Rain (BM 723) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sea Tickle warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Sea Tickle as cool, with a Cool undertone. Its Lab b* value is -7.0; 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.