Billowing Clouds (PPG 1041-3)
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Billowing Clouds (PPG 1041-3) is a light, neutral off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 72, so it reflects about 72 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Billowing Clouds
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Billowing Clouds 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 Billowing Clouds, 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 | Starry Night | SW 6540 | 69 | 1.7 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | First Snowfall | 1618 | 73.7 | 1.1 | very close |
| Behr | Eastern Breeze | PPL-70 | 73.9 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Sapphire Glow | 4003-5A | 75 | 1.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Billowing Clouds (LRV 72) by LRV.
Lighter than Billowing Clouds
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1041-3 |
| Hex | #D8DEE3 |
| RGB | 216, 222, 227 |
| HSL | 207°, 16%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 72 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.2, -1.1, -3.1 |
| Undertone | Cool |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Billowing Clouds (PPG 1041-3), published as #D8DEE3
#C6D4E1
#EBE8E3
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Billowing Clouds (PPG 1041-3)?
- Billowing Clouds has an LRV of 72. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Billowing Clouds is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Billowing Clouds in another brand?
- Eastern Breeze (Behr PPL-70) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Billowing Clouds warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Billowing Clouds as neutral, with a Cool undertone. Its Lab b* value is -3.1; 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.