City Steam (Valspar 7006-5)
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City Steam (Valspar 7006-5) is a light, warm off-white from Valspar: LRV 73, so it reflects about 73 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with City Steam
Four Valspar colors picked for City Steam 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 City Steam, 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 | Nuance | SW 7049 | 74 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Going to the Chapel | 1527 | 71.7 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Mission White | PPU24-15 | 73.5 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Rain Cloud | 1125-1 | 75 | 1.3 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar off-white colors nearest to City Steam (LRV 73) by LRV.
Lighter than City Steam
Darker than City Steam
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 7006-5 |
| Hex | #E0DED3 |
| RGB | 224, 222, 211 |
| HSL | 51°, 17%, 85% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 73 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.4, -1.2, 5.6 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
City Steam (Valspar 7006-5), published as #E0DED3
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of City Steam (Valspar 7006-5)?
- City Steam has an LRV of 73. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so City Steam is a light color.
- What is the closest match to City Steam in another brand?
- Mission White (Behr PPU24-15) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is City Steam warm or cool?
- Valspar lists City Steam as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.6; 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.