Silent Delight (PPG 1171-1)
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Silent Delight (PPG 1171-1) is a very light, neutral off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 80, so it reflects about 80 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Silent Delight
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Silent Delight 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 Silent Delight, 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 | Clean Slate | SW 9621 | 76 | 1.6 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Full Moon | 2119-70 | 75.1 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Swirling Water | PR-W10 | 81 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Prudence | 7004-13 | 76 | 1.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Silent Delight (LRV 80) by LRV.
Lighter than Silent Delight
Darker than Silent Delight
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1171-1 |
| Hex | #E5E7E8 |
| RGB | 229, 231, 232 |
| HSL | 200°, 6%, 90% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 80 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.5, -0.5, -0.7 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Silent Delight (PPG 1171-1), published as #E5E7E8
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Silent Delight (PPG 1171-1)?
- Silent Delight has an LRV of 80. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Silent Delight is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Silent Delight in another brand?
- Swirling Water (Behr PR-W10) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Silent Delight warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Silent Delight as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is -0.7; 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.