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Niagara Mist

PPG10-30 · #BCC8B9 · LRV 56 · cool green tone

PPG10-30 · #BCC8B9 · LRV 56 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.

Niagara MistPPG / Glidden · PPG10-30
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Niagara Mist
PPG / GLIDDEN · PPG10-30 · #BCC8B9
Brand · codePPG / GliddenPPG10-30 · all PPG / Glidden greens
LRV56Light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
Undertonecool green tone
FamilyGreen
Hex · RGB · HSL#BCC8B9 · 188, 200, 185 · 108°, 12%, 75%Display values from the brand. Match it at another brand
Sheen we recommendEggshell on walls · satin on trim and cabinetsWhich sheen where, explained
Where it sits, light to dark
  1. 1Evergreen Fog30
  2. 2Clary Sage41
  3. 3Niagara Mist56
  4. 4Hancock Green66
  5. 5Alabaster82
Undertone and depth

What Color Is Niagara Mist, Really?

Niagara Mist reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG10-30 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.

Room by room

Best Rooms and Uses for Niagara Mist

Niagara Mist 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. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.

Light by light

How Lighting Changes Niagara Mist

At LRV 56, Niagara Mist 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.

Test it in your light, not a showroom's

Most complaints about Niagara Mist 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.

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Need It From Another Brand?

Any paint counter can custom-tint PPG / Glidden PPG10-30 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.

Same deck, next chip over

Similar PPG / Glidden Colors

The nearest shades to Niagara Mist within PPG / Glidden's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

Contrast, for text and signage
Black text on Niagara Mist · 12.1 : 1 · passes AA and AAAWhite text on Niagara Mist · 1.7 : 1 · fails for text

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 #BCC8B9 in HSL space. Pair Niagara Mist with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#BCC8B9 + #C5B9C8
TRIADIC
#BCC8B9 · #B9BCC8 · #C8B9BC
ANALOGOUS
#C4C8B9 · #BCC8B9 · #B9C8BD

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