Quail Egg (Valspar 7002-12)
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Quail Egg (Valspar 7002-12) is a light, warm off-white from Valspar: LRV 78, so it reflects about 78 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Quail Egg
Four Valspar colors picked for Quail Egg by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, 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 Quail Egg, 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 | Pearly White | SW 7009 | 77 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Seapearl | 961 | 76.4 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Echo Valley | ECC-25-2 | 76.1 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Oatmeal | 1023-1 | 77 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar off-white colors nearest to Quail Egg (LRV 78) by LRV.
Lighter than Quail Egg
Darker than Quail Egg
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 7002-12 |
| Hex | #E9E4D8 |
| RGB | 233, 228, 216 |
| HSL | 42°, 28%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 78 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 90.7, -0.4, 6.5 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Quail Egg (Valspar 7002-12), published as #E9E4D8
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Quail Egg (Valspar 7002-12)?
- Quail Egg has an LRV of 78. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Quail Egg is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Quail Egg in another brand?
- Echo Valley (Behr ECC-25-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Quail Egg warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Quail Egg as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 6.5; 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.