Easter Egg (PPG 1166-4)
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Easter Egg (PPG 1166-4) is a medium, cool blue from PPG Paints: LRV 40, so it reflects about 40 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Easter Egg
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Easter Egg by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper blue, 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 Easter Egg, 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 | Awesome Violet | SW 6815 | 45 | 4.0 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Riviera Azure | 822 | 44.8 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Finesse | 600D-4 | 38.7 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Heartsong | 4003-7C | 40 | 1.5 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints blue colors nearest to Easter Egg (LRV 40) by LRV.
Lighter than Easter Egg
Darker than Easter Egg
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1166-4 |
| Hex | #99AAC8 |
| RGB | 153, 170, 200 |
| HSL | 218°, 30%, 69% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 40 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 69.3, 0.7, -17.3 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Blue |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Easter Egg (PPG 1166-4), published as #99AAC8
#86A0C6
#ADB4C8
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Easter Egg (PPG 1166-4)?
- Easter Egg has an LRV of 40. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Easter Egg is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Easter Egg in another brand?
- Finesse (Behr 600D-4) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Easter Egg warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Easter Egg as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -17.3; 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.