Flowing Breeze
N480-2 · #B9C6CB · LRV 55 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Stardew43
- 2Quietude48
- 3Flowing Breeze55
- 4Sea Salt63
- 5Wickham Gray68
What Color Is Flowing Breeze, Really?
Flowing Breeze reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr N480-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Flowing Breeze
Flowing Breeze is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Flowing Breeze
At LRV 55, Flowing Breeze is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its teal undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Flowing Breeze are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr N480-2 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Sleepy HollowSW 9145 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.0 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Smoke2122-40 · Benjamin Moore | 2.3 | 56 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Lighthouse Shadows4008-3B · Valspar | 1.0 | 54.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Blue DolphinPPG1041-4 · PPG / Glidden | 3.1 | 55 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Silver Blue Sea30BG 56/045 · Glidden | 0.9 | 56 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Silvered Blue433-2DB · Dutch Boy | 0.8 | 55 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Flowing Breeze within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #B9C6CB in HSL space. Pair Flowing Breeze with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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