Valspar UK Soft Pelican X48R81B
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| Official page: | Soft Pelican X48R81B |
| Code: | X48R81B |
| Name: | Soft Pelican |
| Brand: | Valspar UK |
What color is Valspar UK Soft Pelican?
Let's dive into a full Soft Pelican paint color review. Take a look at pictures of real interiors and exteriors painted with beautiful X48R81B. Find out if this gorgeous warm grey paint color would look great on your living room walls or trims, kitchen cabinet, bedroom accent wall, bathroom or house exterior.
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What are Valspar UK Soft Pelican undertones?
Soft Pelican is a light, very muted sandy beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.
HEX value:
RGB code:
207, 200, 185
Is Valspar UK Soft Pelican cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 41°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
X48R81B Soft Pelican HSL code: 41, 19%, 77%
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 Soft Pelican
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
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:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Valspar UK Soft Pelican:
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
X48R81B
Soft Pelican
Darker shades
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 Soft Pelican with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 221, such as Valspar UK Milky Way and Laura Grey.
Color codes
We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #cfc8b9 |
| RGB Decimal | 207, 200, 185 |
| RGB Percent | 81.18%, 78.43%, 72.55% |
| HSV | Hue: 41° Saturation: 10.63% Value: 81.18% |
| HSL | hsl(41, 18.64, 76.86) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.38 Yellow: 10.63 Key: 18.82 |
| YIQ | Y: 200.383 I: 8.991 Q: -3.187 |
| XYZ | X: 55.142 Y: 58.077 Z: 54.191 |
| CIE Lab | L:80.782 a:-0.149 b:8.369 |
| CIE Luv | L:80.782 u:4.961 v:12.284 |
| Decimal | 13617337 |
| Hunter Lab | 76.208, -4.209, 11.186 |
Color equivalents
6005-1B
Villa Grey
Valspar US
S 2005-G90Y
NCS
MQ6-31
Shoreline Haze
Behr
SW 9521
Simple Stone
Sherwin Williams
1016
Antique White
Jotun
SW 9587
Mushroom
Sherwin Williams
231
Fescue
Little Greene
HC-172
Revere Pewter
Benjamin Moore
5008-1B
Bay Sands
Valspar US
SW 7050
Useful Gray
Sherwin Williams
N310-3
Sandstorm
Behr
30YY 58/082
Crispy Crumble
Dulux
SW 9606
Slumber Sloth
Sherwin Williams
R83B
Ancient Relic
Valspar UK
750C-3
Sandstone Cliff
Behr
983
Smokey Taupe
Benjamin Moore
1563
Lucerne
Jotun
S 2005-Y
NCS
