PPG / Glidden First Frost#DAE3E9 · LRV 76
First Frost reads as a blue / cool — very light — near-white, broadens small spaces. The notes below cover the spec, what PPG / Glidden 1242-1 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Color spec
| Brand | PPG / Glidden |
| Name | First Frost |
| SKU | 1242-1 |
| Hex | #DAE3E9 |
| RGB | 218, 227, 233 |
| HSL | 204°, 25%, 88% |
| LRV | 76 |
| Undertone | blue / cool |
| Family | Gray |
About PPG / Glidden First Frost
First Frost is very light — LRV 76, close to white. It opens up small or dim rooms and keeps walls feeling airy. 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. In north light it can read slightly cooler; a warm white trim alongside keeps it from going clinical.
First Frost shines on ceilings, trim and in small or low-light rooms where you need to stretch the light — and as a calm whole-home backdrop. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
Kompozit alternative
The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.
Closest matches at every US brand
9 brands · top 5 each5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all gray from that brand.
Dunn-Edwards
Valspar
Benjamin Moore
Behr
Sherwin-Williams
Farrow & Ball
Clare
Magnolia Home
Similar PPG / Glidden colors
closest in the PPG / Glidden deckThe nearest shades to First Frost within PPG / Glidden's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #DAE3E9 in HSL space. Pair First Frost with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
Accessibility (WCAG contrast)
WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.