Playful Pool (Valspar 5005-7C)
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Playful Pool (Valspar 5005-7C) is a medium, cool blue from Valspar: LRV 52, so it reflects about 52 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Playful Pool
Four Valspar colors picked for Playful 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 Playful 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 | Gentle Aquamarine | SW 9046 | 54 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | How Blue Am I? | 752 | 49.9 | 1.6 | very close |
| Behr | Shallow Sea | 520D-4 | 49.3 | 1.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Fling Green | 1234-4 | 55 | 2.5 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar blue colors nearest to Playful Pool (LRV 52) by LRV.
Lighter than Playful Pool
Darker than Playful Pool
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 5005-7C |
| Hex | #8AC9CF |
| RGB | 138, 201, 207 |
| HSL | 185°, 42%, 68% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 52 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 77.1, -18.5, -9.4 |
| Undertone | Cool |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Playful Pool (Valspar 5005-7C), published as #8AC9CF
#74BFCD
#9FD3CF
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Playful Pool (Valspar 5005-7C)?
- Playful Pool has an LRV of 52. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Playful Pool is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Playful Pool in another brand?
- Shallow Sea (Behr 520D-4) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.3 (very close).
- Is Playful Pool warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Playful Pool as cool, with a Cool undertone. Its Lab b* value is -9.4; 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.