Soft Silk (Valspar 7004-2)
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Soft Silk (Valspar 7004-2) is a light, neutral off-white from Valspar: LRV 76, so it reflects about 76 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Soft Silk
Four Valspar colors picked for Soft Silk 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 Soft Silk, 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 | Opalescent | SW 9686 | 75 | 1.3 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Dreamy Cloud | 2117-70 | 76.4 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Lilac Mist | PPU16-06 | 77.8 | 1.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | February Frost | 1173-2 | 74 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar off-white colors nearest to Soft Silk (LRV 76) by LRV.
Lighter than Soft Silk
Darker than Soft Silk
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 7004-2 |
| Hex | #E2E1E5 |
| RGB | 226, 225, 229 |
| HSL | 255°, 7%, 89% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 76 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.7, 1.1, -1.8 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Soft Silk (Valspar 7004-2), published as #E2E1E5
#D0D7E3
#F5EBE5
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Soft Silk (Valspar 7004-2)?
- Soft Silk has an LRV of 76. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Soft Silk is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Soft Silk in another brand?
- Dreamy Cloud (BM 2117-70) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Soft Silk warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Soft Silk as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is -1.8; 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.