Southern Breeze (PPG 1097-2)
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Southern Breeze (PPG 1097-2) is a light, warm off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 74, so it reflects about 74 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Southern Breeze
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Southern Breeze 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 Southern Breeze, 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 | Natural Choice | SW 7011 | 73 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Strand of Pearls | CSP-395 | 72.2 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Light Granite | N340-1 | 72.4 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Gracious | 6007-1A | 72 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Southern Breeze (LRV 74) by LRV.
Lighter than Southern Breeze
Darker than Southern Breeze
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1097-2 |
| Hex | #E4DFD1 |
| RGB | 228, 223, 209 |
| HSL | 44°, 26%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.9, -0.7, 7.5 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Southern Breeze (PPG 1097-2), published as #E4DFD1
#D3D5CF
#F6E9D1
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Southern Breeze (PPG 1097-2)?
- Southern Breeze has an LRV of 74. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Southern Breeze is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Southern Breeze in another brand?
- Natural Choice (SW 7011) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Southern Breeze warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Southern Breeze as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.5; 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.