Bleached Slate (Valspar 7004-20)
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Bleached Slate (Valspar 7004-20) is a very light, neutral white from Valspar: LRV 81, so it reflects about 81 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Bleached Slate
Four Valspar colors picked for Bleached Slate 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 Bleached Slate, 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 | Gypsum | SW 9543 | 82 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | White Violet | 1408 | 81.6 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Chalk Dust | HDC-CT-22G | 82.6 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Pegasus | 1010-1 | 81 | 0.0 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar white colors nearest to Bleached Slate (LRV 81) by LRV.
Lighter than Bleached Slate
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 7004-20 |
| Hex | #E8E9E4 |
| RGB | 232, 233, 228 |
| HSL | 72°, 10%, 90% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 81 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 92.2, -1.2, 2.3 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | White |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Bleached Slate (Valspar 7004-20), published as #E8E9E4
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Bleached Slate (Valspar 7004-20)?
- Bleached Slate has an LRV of 81. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Bleached Slate is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Bleached Slate in another brand?
- Pegasus (PPG 1010-1) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Bleached Slate warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Bleached Slate as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 2.3; 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.