Night Watch (PPG 1145-7)
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Night Watch (PPG 1145-7) is a very deep, neutral blue from PPG Paints: LRV 7, so it reflects about 7 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Night Watch
Three PPG Paints colors picked for Night Watch by this site's color math: a trim white, 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 Night Watch, 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 | Westhaven | SW 9675 | 5 | 4.9 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Hidden Falls | 714 | 8.6 | 1.8 | very close |
| Behr | Thermal | S440-7 | 7.4 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Peacock House | 5010-4 | 8 | 2.8 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints blue colors nearest to Night Watch (LRV 7) by LRV.
Lighter than Night Watch
Darker than Night Watch
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1145-7 |
| Hex | #3C504F |
| RGB | 60, 80, 79 |
| HSL | 177°, 14%, 27% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 7 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 32.4, -7.9, -1.9 |
| Undertone | Cool Green |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Night Watch (PPG 1145-7), published as #3C504F
#2B474D
#4C594F
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Night Watch (PPG 1145-7)?
- Night Watch has an LRV of 7. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Night Watch is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Night Watch in another brand?
- Hidden Falls (BM 714) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 1.8 (very close).
- Is Night Watch warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Night Watch as neutral, with a Cool Green undertone. Its Lab b* value is -1.9; 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.