Prairie Winds (PPG 1111-1)
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Prairie Winds (PPG 1111-1) is a light, warm off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 79, so it reflects about 79 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Prairie Winds
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Prairie Winds 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 Prairie Winds, 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 | Grey Mist | SW 9625 | 75 | 1.5 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Soft Chamois | 969 | 77.4 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | French Chateau | PWN-60 | 76.6 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Decadent | 7006-11 | 77 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Prairie Winds (LRV 79) by LRV.
Lighter than Prairie Winds
Darker than Prairie Winds
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1111-1 |
| Hex | #E8E6D9 |
| RGB | 232, 230, 217 |
| HSL | 52°, 25%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 79 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.1, -1.6, 6.6 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Prairie Winds (PPG 1111-1), published as #E8E6D9
#D6DCD7
#FAF0D9
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Prairie Winds (PPG 1111-1)?
- Prairie Winds has an LRV of 79. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Prairie Winds is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Prairie Winds in another brand?
- Soft Chamois (BM 969) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Prairie Winds warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Prairie Winds as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 6.6; 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.