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Behr French Castle#CCC7C2 · LRV 58

French Castle reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Behr 770A-3 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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BEHR FRENCH CASTLE
RGB 204, 199, 194 LRV 58

Color spec

Brand Behr
Name French Castle
SKU 770A-3
Hex #CCC7C2
RGB 204, 199, 194
HSL 30°, 9%, 78%
LRV 58
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Neutral

About Behr French Castle

At LRV 58, French Castle 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.

French Castle 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.

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.

KOMPOZIT
Orchid Shadow
SKU 0551 · #CBC5C2 · LRV 57
ΔE 1.39 (near-perfect)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 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 neutral from that brand.

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.21
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DEC790
#CAC7C4
Ice Gray
ΔE 1.21 · LRV 57
DE6374
#C6C6C6
Silver Polish
ΔE 3.15 · LRV 56
DE6387
#CBC5C6
Dangerous Robot
ΔE 3.46 · LRV 57
DE6066
#D5C6BD
Desert Rock
ΔE 4.38 · LRV 58
DE6276
#CBCDC4
Silhouette
ΔE 4.65 · LRV 60

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.47
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 242
#C8C3BC
Pavilion Gray
ΔE 1.47 · LRV 55
NO. 228
#D1CBC3
Cornforth White
ΔE 1.73 · LRV 60
NO. 286
#D6C8C3
Peignoir
ΔE 4.26 · LRV 60
NO. 285
#CFCEC0
Cromarty
ΔE 5.36 · LRV 61
NO. 270
#CCC8CE
Calluna
ΔE 5.77 · LRV 59

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.57
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7022
#CCC5BD
Alpaca
ΔE 1.57 · LRV 56
SW 7667
#CAC9C6
Zircon
ΔE 2.04 · LRV 58
SW 7015
#CCC9C0
Repose Gray
ΔE 2.55 · LRV 58
SW 6036
#D1C5BE
Angora
ΔE 3.15 · LRV 57
SW 6197
#C9C9C0
Aloof Gray
ΔE 3.69 · LRV 58

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.59
All neutral at Valspar →
4003-1B
#CBC9C4
Filtered Shade
ΔE 1.59 · LRV 58.4
4002-1A
#CEC7C4
Modest Silver
ΔE 1.69 · LRV 57.8
8005-12B
#CFC9C8
Windy City
ΔE 2.45 · LRV 59
5006-1B
#C8C7BF
Notre Dame
ΔE 2.93 · LRV 56.8
8006-11B
#CACACA
Gray Morn
ΔE 3.17 · LRV 59

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.66
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-127
#C7C2BB
Anatolian
ΔE 1.66 · LRV 54
JG-117
#CBC9C1
Earl Gray
ΔE 2.51 · LRV 58
JG-18
#CDCABC
Gatherings
ΔE 4.69 · LRV 59
JG-104
#D1C8B8
Southern Grown
ΔE 4.82 · LRV 58
JG-12
#C5C9C2
Wedding Band
ΔE 4.94 · LRV 58

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.67
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
AF-680
#CFCAC2
Wish
ΔE 1.67 · LRV
1541
#CCC7BD
London Fog
ΔE 2.49 · LRV
1472
#C7C7C2
Silver Chain
ΔE 2.62 · LRV 57
1459
#CACAC8
Metro Gray
ΔE 2.66 · LRV 58
860
#CCC8BE
Apparition
ΔE 2.69 · LRV

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.11
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
1006-3
#CAC7BF
Early Evening
ΔE 2.11 · LRV 57
1007-2
#CECAC1
Swirling Smoke
ΔE 2.31 · LRV 59
1022-2
#CFC6BC
Intuitive
ΔE 2.57 · LRV 57
1008-2
#CFC9BC
Storm's Coming
ΔE 3.72 · LRV 59
1009-3
#C4C7C4
Solitary State
ΔE 3.99 · LRV 57

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.89
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-08
#CBCBC5
Windy City
ΔE 2.89 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-17
#D4CBC0
Flatiron
ΔE 3.09 · LRV 61
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 3.74 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 6.84 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 8.72 · LRV 60

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.57
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 5.57 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 9.06 · LRV 73
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 9.58 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 12.35 · LRV 53
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 14.61 · LRV 51

Similar Behr colors

closest in the Behr deck

The nearest shades to French Castle within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

N180-3
Race Track
LRV 57
HDC-WR14-2
Winter Haze
LRV 59
750A-3
Vintage Taupe
LRV 56
790C-3
Dolphin Fin
LRV 59
780A-3
Down Home
LRV 57
UL260-16
Silver Sateen
LRV 56

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #CCC7C2 in HSL space. Pair French Castle with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#CCC7C2 + #C2C7CC
TRIADIC
#CCC7C2 · #C2CCC7 · #C7C2CC
ANALOGOUS
#CCC2C2 · #CCC7C2 · #CCCCC2

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.68:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.52:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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