Academy Gray in Vista Paint

The closest Vista Paint paint to Valspar Academy Gray (5001-2A) is Romantic Mood 8263, a delta-E of 1.93 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.

Romantic Mood is 2 LRV points darker, so the room will read slightly deeper. Undertone reads as blue cast against teal cast, at chroma 6.6 and 6.4.

Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.