Powder Cake
With a focus on versatile and reflective tones, Powder Cake (0202) is a standout paint color in our database. It was selected for this featured gallery for its ability to provide a clean, timeless feel that works across various lighting conditions. See it applied across 8 real world scenarios and find professional pairing data below.
Hex
#DED6C9
LRV
68.00
Powder Cake's Color Strip
Powder Cake is the second shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Sparkling Champagne and Whale Bone. The strip spans from Sparkling Champagne at the lightest end to Ares Shadow at the deepest. Strip 182 makes it easy to compare shades side by side and find the right depth for your space.
Powder Cake in Real Rooms
Powder Cake has a high LRV of 68 — it reflects a lot of light and will read pale and airy in most spaces.
1 Bathroom Photo
Using Powder Cake on a bathroom vanity is a clever way to introduce color without painting the walls. It creates a sophisticated anchor for the room, especially when topped with a thick white quartz or a contrasting dark stone.
Powder Cake gives this bathroom a clean, considered finish.
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2 Bedroom Photos
There's a rhythmic quality to Powder Cake in a bedroom. It's a color that supports the circadian rhythm, mirroring the natural shadows of the evening and providing a neutral, non-stimulating canvas for the brain to decompress after a long day of digital exposure.
Powder Cake sets a calm, restful tone in this bedroom.
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Powder Cake in a spacious bedroom — see how the color behaves at scale.
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1 Dining Room Photo
Powder Cake in the dining room sets a tone of warmth and occasion. Whether used on all four walls or as a single statement wall behind a sideboard, it creates the kind of atmosphere that makes every dinner feel like a special event.
Powder Cake on the dining room walls — a color that makes evenings feel intentional.
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2 Misc Photos
Powder Cake shows up in some unexpected spaces in these photos — hallways, laundry rooms, and accent walls. Each one makes the case that the color's versatility extends well beyond the obvious applications into every corner of the home.
Powder Cake in a foyer — the first impression this color makes is a confident one.
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Powder Cake in a sun-filled room — how this color holds up in direct light.
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1 Kitchen Photo
The challenge with kitchen color is longevity: it needs to look right at 7am under bright task lights and at dinner with the pendants dimmed low. Powder Cake manages to bridge all three lighting scenarios with ease, which is a rarer quality in a paint pigment than it sounds.
Powder Cake on the kitchen walls — a backdrop that works without demanding attention.
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1 Living Room Photo
The beauty of Powder Cake in a living room lies in its versatility with textures. It provides a smooth, matte-like quality that contrasts beautifully against plush velvet sofas or chunky wool rugs. It's a color that invites you to stay a little longer, creating an atmosphere that feels established rather than just decorated.
Powder Cake on the walls of this living room — warm, grounded, easy to live with.
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