Sheer Light (Valspar 7004-16)
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Sheer Light (Valspar 7004-16) is a light, neutral off-white from Valspar: LRV 73, so it reflects about 73 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sheer Light
Four Valspar colors picked for Sheer Light 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 Sheer Light, 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 | Rock Candy | SW 6231 | 75 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Pearl River | 871 | 73.1 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Silver Sands | ECC-33-2 | 72.4 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Thin Ice | 1001-3 | 71 | 1.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar off-white colors nearest to Sheer Light (LRV 73) by LRV.
Lighter than Sheer Light
Darker than Sheer Light
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 7004-16 |
| Hex | #DBDFDD |
| RGB | 219, 223, 221 |
| HSL | 150°, 6%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 73 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.5, -1.7, 0.5 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sheer Light (Valspar 7004-16), published as #DBDFDD
#C9D5DB
#EEE9DD
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sheer Light (Valspar 7004-16)?
- Sheer Light has an LRV of 73. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sheer Light is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sheer Light in another brand?
- Silver Sands (Behr ECC-33-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sheer Light warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Sheer Light as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 0.5; 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.