French Porcelain
P520-2 · #AACDE8 · LRV 58 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Lost in the 80s51
- 3French Porcelain58
- 4Windmill Wings63
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is French Porcelain, Really?
French Porcelain reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr P520-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for French Porcelain
French Porcelain 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. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.
How Lighting Changes French Porcelain
At LRV 58, French Porcelain is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its blue 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 French Porcelain 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 P520-2 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 | Wondrous BlueSW 6807 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.3 | 59 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Highland Breeze786 · Benjamin Moore | 4.1 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Frosty Snow CapV035-1 · Valspar | 1.3 | 59.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Baby Bunting1243-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.6 | 57 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Set SailPPG1243-3 · Glidden | 2.6 | 57 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Fine Blue237-4DB · Dutch Boy | 2.3 | 57 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to French Porcelain 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 #AACDE8 in HSL space. Pair French Porcelain with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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