Wedding Mint (Valspar 5006-3B)
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Wedding Mint (Valspar 5006-3B) is a medium, warm green from Valspar: LRV 55, so it reflects about 55 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Wedding Mint
Four Valspar colors picked for Wedding Mint by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, 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 Wedding Mint, 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 | Holly Glen | SW 9678 | 57 | 1.7 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Prescott Green | HC-140 | 55.8 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Composed | MQ6-45 | 55.1 | 1.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Niagara Mist | 10-30 | 56 | 1.9 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar green colors nearest to Wedding Mint (LRV 55) by LRV.
Lighter than Wedding Mint
Darker than Wedding Mint
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 5006-3B |
| Hex | #BDC8B5 |
| RGB | 189, 200, 181 |
| HSL | 95°, 15%, 75% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 55 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 79.3, -7.2, 8.2 |
| Undertone | Cool Green |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Wedding Mint (Valspar 5006-3B), published as #BDC8B5
#ACBEB3
#CFD2B5
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Wedding Mint (Valspar 5006-3B)?
- Wedding Mint has an LRV of 55. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Wedding Mint is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Wedding Mint in another brand?
- Prescott Green (BM HC-140) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Wedding Mint warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Wedding Mint as warm, with a Cool Green undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.2; 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.