Cross-brand match

Watery Sea in Valspar

Vista Paint 0638 translated into the Valspar line

Vista Paint Watery Sea 0638 on a wall, hex #8DBFE6
Valspar Bluish 4006-9C on a wall, hex #9CC8E9

The closest Valspar paint to Vista Paint Watery Sea (0638) is Bluish 4006-9C, a delta-E of 4.95 away — the closest Valspar has, and far enough away that you should sample it before committing.

Bluish is 5 LRV points lighter, so the room will read slightly brighter. Undertone reads as blue against blue, at chroma 22.1 and 25.5.

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.

NEARESTBluish4006-9C
DISTANCEΔE 4.95CIE Lab
LIGHT REFLECTANCE54.0 against 49.0
HEX#9CC8E9against #8DBFE6

Ranked matches in Valspar

closest first
Valspar colorΔE LRV Undertone
Bluish4006-9C 4.95 54.0 blue Compare
High Seas4006-10A 5.77 40.0 blue Compare
Breezy4007-7C 6.4 50.0 blue Compare
Billow4008-9C 8.13 47.0 blue Compare
Blue Eyes4007-8A 8.53 36.0 blue Compare
Mysterious Blue4005-8A 8.78 39.0 blue Compare

Watery Sea in other brands

same color, different line

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