North Island
0552 · #C0B9B7 · LRV 50 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
What Color Is North Island, Really?
North Island reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Diamond Vogel 0552 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for North Island
North Island 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 North Island
At LRV 50, North Island is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its red 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 North Island 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 0552 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 | Fashionable GraySW 6275 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.3 | 48 | Color page → |
| Behr | Grape CrèmeUL250-10 · Behr | 2.2 | 50 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Through the Looking GlassCSP-495 · Benjamin Moore | 1.7 | 51 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sun Painter8004-2C · Valspar | 4.6 | 49 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | LuxuriousPPG18-04 · PPG / Glidden | 1.4 | 49 | Color page → |
| Glidden | LuxuriousPPG18-04 · Glidden | 2.0 | 49 | Color page → |
Similar Diamond Vogel Colors
The nearest shades to North Island 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 #C0B9B7 in HSL space. Pair North Island with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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