Skylight
No. 205 · #C9CFCD · LRV 61 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Skylight, Really?
Skylight reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Farrow & Ball No. 205 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Skylight
Skylight 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 Skylight
At LRV 61, Skylight is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Because it carries almost no measurable hue, it stays a true neutral and pairs cleanly with nearly any trim or floor. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Skylight 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 Farrow & Ball No. 205 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 | North StarSW 6246 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.2 | 62 | Color page → |
| Behr | Foggy MornPPF-17 · Behr | 0.2 | 62 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Whitestone2134-60 · Benjamin Moore | 1.3 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Northern Sky5001-3B · Valspar | 0.8 | 61.5 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Winter ChillPPG1036-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.5 | 62 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Ghost WhispererPPG1039-1 · Glidden | 0.7 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Farrow & Ball Colors
The nearest shades to Skylight within Farrow & Ball'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 #C9CFCD in HSL space. Pair Skylight with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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