Morning Breeze (PPG 1136-3)
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Morning Breeze (PPG 1136-3) is a light, neutral gray from PPG Paints: LRV 74, so it reflects about 74 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Morning Breeze
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Morning Breeze by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper gray, 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 Morning 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 | Green Trance | SW 6462 | 75 | 1.8 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Sweet Dreams | 847 | 75.8 | 1.3 | very close |
| Behr | Crystalline Falls | MQ3-51 | 76.8 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Dancing Mist | 5005-7A | 77 | 2.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints gray colors nearest to Morning Breeze (LRV 74) by LRV.
Lighter than Morning Breeze
Darker than Morning Breeze
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1136-3 |
| Hex | #D5E3DE |
| RGB | 213, 227, 222 |
| HSL | 159°, 20%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.1, -5.6, 0.8 |
| Undertone | Cool Green |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Morning Breeze (PPG 1136-3), published as #D5E3DE
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#E8EDDE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Morning Breeze (PPG 1136-3)?
- Morning 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 Morning Breeze is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Morning Breeze in another brand?
- Crystalline Falls (Behr MQ3-51) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Morning Breeze warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Morning Breeze as neutral, with a Cool Green undertone. Its Lab b* value is 0.8; 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.