Calm Breeze
0461 · #CFD7CF · LRV 67 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Stardew43
- 2Palladian Blue60
- 3Calm Breeze67
- 4Spatial White72
- 5Spring Thaw83
What Color Is Calm Breeze, Really?
Calm Breeze reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Diamond Vogel 0461 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Calm Breeze
Calm 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 Calm Breeze
At LRV 67, Calm Breeze is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its green 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 Calm 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 Diamond Vogel 0461 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 | Pine FrostSW 9656 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.5 | 65 | Color page → |
| Behr | Ground FogBNC-05 · Behr | 1.8 | 66 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Nelson BlueCW-635 · Benjamin Moore | 0.9 | 66 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Winter in Paris5002-1A · Valspar | 0.8 | 65 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | FogPPG1010-2 · PPG / Glidden | 3.0 | 67 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Afraid Of The DarkPPG0994-1 · Glidden | 3.0 | 66 | Color page → |
Similar Diamond Vogel Colors
The nearest shades to Calm Breeze within Diamond Vogel'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 #CFD7CF in HSL space. Pair Calm Breeze with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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