High Cliff
High Cliff · #D1CAC5 · LRV 60 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Mindful Gray48
- 2Revere Pewter55
- 3High Cliff60
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is High Cliff, Really?
High Cliff reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Portola Paints High Cliff behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for High Cliff
High Cliff 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes High Cliff
At LRV 60, High Cliff is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange 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 High Cliff 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 Portola Paints High Cliff 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 | GrayishSW 6001 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.2 | 60 | Color page → |
| Behr | Cotton GreyHDC-NT-20 · Behr | 0.9 | 61 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | WishAF-680 · Benjamin Moore | 2.1 | 59 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Windy City8005-12B · Valspar | 2.1 | 59 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Cool SlatePPG1002-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.8 | 60 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Cool SlatePPG1002-3 · Glidden | 2.1 | 61 | Color page → |
Similar Portola Paints Colors
The nearest shades to High Cliff within Portola Paints'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 #D1CAC5 in HSL space. Pair High Cliff with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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