Cool Elegance (Valspar 7005-1)
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Cool Elegance (Valspar 7005-1) is a very light, neutral gray from Valspar: LRV 82, so it reflects about 82 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Cool Elegance
Four Valspar colors picked for Cool Elegance by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper gray, 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 Cool Elegance, 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 | Blue Horizon | SW 6497 | 78 | 2.2 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Blue Bonnet | 2050-70 | 81.8 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Ice Folly | 510E-1 | 80.9 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Waterscape | 1137-3 | 81 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar gray colors nearest to Cool Elegance (LRV 82) by LRV.
Lighter than Cool Elegance
Darker than Cool Elegance
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 7005-1 |
| Hex | #DDEEEA |
| RGB | 221, 238, 234 |
| HSL | 166°, 33%, 90% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 82 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 92.8, -6.3, 0.0 |
| Undertone | Cool Green |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Cool Elegance (Valspar 7005-1), published as #DDEEEA
#CBE4E8
#F0F8EA
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Cool Elegance (Valspar 7005-1)?
- Cool Elegance has an LRV of 82. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Cool Elegance is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Cool Elegance in another brand?
- Ice Folly (Behr 510E-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Cool Elegance warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Cool Elegance as neutral, with a Cool Green undertone. Its Lab b* value is 0.0; 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.