Valspar UK Magic Touch L1aW1a

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What are Valspar UK Magic Touch undertones?
Is Magic Touch L1aW1a cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Magic Touch
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Magic Touch L1aW1a
Code:	L1aW1a
Name:	Magic Touch
Brand:	Valspar UK

What color is Valspar UK Magic Touch?

Valspar UK Magic Touch L1aW1a is a pale, softened off-white with a gentle grey-beige cast. Its low saturation keeps it light and quiet on broad walls, while the slightly warm base prevents it from reading as a stark, clinical white. In daylight, Magic Touch can appear like a muted light greige; under warmer lamps, its creamier side becomes more noticeable. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and ceilings where a subtle contrast from bright white trim is wanted. Pair it with natural oak, linen, pale stone, soft charcoal, or muted olive for a grounded interior scheme.

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What are Valspar UK Magic Touch undertones?

Magic Touch is a light, near-neutral neutral off-white. Its chroma is so low that assigning a specific hue-based undertone would be misleading. Because it is close to neutral, nearby surfaces and the color of the light can noticeably change how warm or cool it appears.

HEX value:

#E3E0D9

RGB code:

227, 224, 217

Is Valspar UK Magic Touch cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 42°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

L1aW1a Magic Touch HSL code: 42, 15%, 87%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Magic Touch

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Valspar UK Magic Touch:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

L1aW1a
Magic Touch

Darker shades

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Magic Touch

Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Magic Touch with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 222, such as Valspar UK Milky Way and Laura Grey.

L1aW1a
Magic Touch

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#e3e0d9
RGB Decimal	227, 224, 217
RGB Percent	89.02%, 87.84%, 85.10%
HSV	Hue: 42° Saturation: 4.41% Value: 89.02%
HSL	hsl(42, 15.15, 87.06)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.32 Yellow: 4.41 Key: 10.98
YIQ	Y: 224.099 I: 4.037 Q: -1.544
XYZ	X: 70.856 Y: 74.652 Z: 76.303
CIE Lab	L:89.23 a:-0.211 b:3.784
CIE Luv	L:89.23 u:2.108 v:5.756
Decimal	14934233
Hunter Lab	86.402, -4.819, 8.121