City Lights vs RAL 180-6
Where City Lights belongs to PPG's range, RAL 180-6 is a RAL Effect color. Both sit in the blue family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. They have nearly identical light reflectance values (78 vs 78), so they'll read as similarly Light in most lighting conditions. At ΔE 2.7, these are close — the kind of difference that matters when choosing between them, but doesn't read strongly in a finished room. Below you'll find 5 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
City Lights vs RAL 180-6 in Real Spaces
5 real rooms side by side. City Lights and RAL 180-6 are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
In a living room, color works across both daylight and evening light — the same wall can read very differently at noon and at 8pm. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bedroom
The context that matters most in a bedroom is how a color reads under a bedside lamp at night, not under noon daylight. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Kitchen
In a kitchen, colors are seen under bright task lighting that amplifies undertones — what reads neutral elsewhere can show its hand here. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
House
Seen across an entire facade, subtle tonal differences become pronounced. What reads as nearly the same on a chip often reads as clearly different at scale. At this scale the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side, as shown here, to reliably tell them apart.
Color Details
City Lights vs RAL 180-6 Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see City Lights on one side and RAL 180-6 on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More City Lights comparisons
See how City Lights stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
City Lights reads slightly lighter (LRV 78 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 5-point LRV gap (83 vs 78) makes White Dove the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 78 vs 6, City Lights is decisively the brighter choice.
City Lights reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 52), opening up a space where Purbeck Stone encloses it.
City Lights reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 52, City Lights is decisively the brighter choice.
City Lights reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 60), opening up a space where Agreeable Gray encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 58, City Lights is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 27, City Lights is decisively the brighter choice.
City Lights reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
City Lights reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 55, City Lights is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 13, City Lights is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 44, City Lights is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reads slightly lighter (LRV 84 vs 78), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
City Lights reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 66, City Lights is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (78 vs 74) makes City Lights the marginally brighter of the two.
A 5-point LRV gap (83 vs 78) makes Snowbound the marginally brighter of the two.
City Lights reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 51), opening up a space where Pigeon encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 12, City Lights is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 8, City Lights is decisively the brighter choice.
A 10-point LRV gap (78 vs 68) makes City Lights the marginally brighter of the two.
City Lights reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 41), opening up a space where Dix Blue encloses it.
At LRV 78 vs 12, City Lights is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 78 vs 45, City Lights is decisively the brighter choice.
City Lights reflects far more light (LRV 78 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.