How light or dark is Wet Pavement?
The listed LRV is 37.9. Higher LRV values reflect more light, but room exposure and finish still affect how open or deep the color appears.
Valspar color reference
Wet Pavement (5006-2A) by Valspar
#A6A69F
A gray screen color with a gray (yellow undertone) reading and LRV 37.9. Not sure it's the exact color your local store carries? Here's the closest match at each of the other four brands.
- Hex
- #A6A69F
- RGB
- 166, 166, 159
- HSL
- 60°, 3.8%, 63.7%
- Lab D65
- 67.93, -1.3, 3.62
- LRV
- 37.9 estimated
- Undertone
- gray (yellow undertone)
In a room
Where this color can work
Wet Pavement is a medium-dark gray with enough warmth to complement concrete, stone, wood, and industrial metal without reading as blue. It can suit a mudroom, office, cabinet run, or limited accent wall. Lower light deepens it quickly, so plan adequate task and ambient illumination. Test it next to the darkest fixed finish and the intended trim, ensuring all three values remain distinct during evening use rather than merging into one heavy band.
Not affiliated with any paint brand. On-screen colors are approximations compiled from public references; verify with a physical swatch.
Cross-brand shortlist
Three nearby values in every other palette
Lower ΔE2000 values are closer screen approximations. They are not paint-formula conversions.
Sherwin-Williamsnearest three
Benjamin Moorenearest three
PPGnearest three
Dunn-Edwardsnearest three
Within Valspar
Similar, lighter, and darker
Provenance
Recorded source
- Color value source: https://github.com/jpederson/colornerd
- Retrieved:
- LRV is calculated from the sRGB value and is labeled as an estimate.
Saveable reference
Color and closest-match card
FAQ
Questions about Wet Pavement
Why are three cross-brand choices shown?
Small source-value differences can change the order of near neighbors. Three candidates create a practical sampling shortlist without claiming a guaranteed one-to-one conversion.
Can a store color-match Wet Pavement from this page?
Use the original Valspar code 5006-2A when possible. The displayed hex and RGB values are screen references and should not replace a physical sample or store formula. In this library, the nearest cross-brand screen value is Gray Matters SW 7066 by Sherwin-Williams at ΔE 0.840.
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