City Lights (PPG 1041-2)
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City Lights (PPG 1041-2) is a light, neutral off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 78, so it reflects about 78 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with City Lights
Four PPG Paints colors picked for City Lights by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. PPG Paints did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to City Lights, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Silent Ripple | SW 9682 | 74 | 1.8 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Lily White | 2128-70 | 79.7 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Fog | 580A-1 | 78.9 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Mountain Pear | 4005-9A | 80 | 1.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to City Lights (LRV 78) by LRV.
Lighter than City Lights
Darker than City Lights
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1041-2 |
| Hex | #DFE6EA |
| RGB | 223, 230, 234 |
| HSL | 202°, 21%, 90% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 78 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 90.9, -1.6, -2.8 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
City Lights (PPG 1041-2), published as #DFE6EA
#CDDCE8
#F2F0EA
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of City Lights (PPG 1041-2)?
- City Lights has an LRV of 78. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so City Lights is a light color.
- What is the closest match to City Lights in another brand?
- Fog (Behr 580A-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is City Lights warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists City Lights as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is -2.8; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.