Valspar UK Snowflake L13aW25a

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What are Valspar UK Snowflake undertones?
Is Snowflake L13aW25a cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Snowflake
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Snowflake L13aW25a
Code:	L13aW25a
Name:	Snowflake
Brand:	Valspar UK

What color is Valspar UK Snowflake?

Valspar UK Snowflake L13aW25a is a very pale off-white with a soft blue-green cast visible in its #e5eceb colour value. It reads clean and lightly cool rather than stark, with enough greyed softness to avoid a clinical white appearance. In daylight, the subtle green-blue tint may become more noticeable, while warmer artificial lighting can make it appear gentler and closer to a muted white. Use Snowflake on walls or ceilings in bathrooms, kitchens, and light-filled bedrooms, especially alongside pale oak, brushed nickel, white ceramics, and grey stone. For contrast, pair it with deeper blue-greys, charcoal details, or dark green accents.

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What are Valspar UK Snowflake undertones?

Snowflake is a near-white, 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:

#E5ECEB

RGB code:

229, 236, 235

Is Valspar UK Snowflake cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 171°, this Grey reads cool based on its HSL hue position.

L13aW25a Snowflake HSL code: 171, 16%, 91%

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 Snowflake

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

Sunset

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 Snowflake:

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

L13aW25a
Snowflake

Darker shades

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Snowflake

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 Snowflake with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 351, such as Valspar UK Unlikely Hero and Misty Mauve.

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Snowflake

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