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Clare Windy City#CBCBC5 · LRV 59

Windy City reads as a yellow / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Clare PNT100-LT-08 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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CLARE WINDY CITY
RGB 203, 203, 197 LRV 59

Color spec

Brand Clare
Name Windy City
SKU PNT100-LT-08
Hex #CBCBC5
RGB 203, 203, 197
HSL 60°, 5%, 78%
LRV 59
Undertone yellow / warm
Family Neutral

About Clare Windy City

At LRV 59, Windy City is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Because it carries almost no measurable hue, it stays a true neutral and pairs cleanly with nearly any trim or floor. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.

Windy City 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
Snowglory
SKU 0531 · #C8C8C4 · LRV 58
ΔE 1.22 (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.

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.5
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
HC-170
#CACBC5
Stonington Gray
ΔE 0.5 · LRV 59
1465
#CFCCC4
Nimbus
ΔE 1.62 · LRV 59
CSP-5
#CBCDCA
Perspective™
ΔE 1.67 · LRV 60
1459
#CACAC8
Metro Gray
ΔE 2.06 · LRV 58
AF-680
#CFCAC2
Wish
ΔE 2.48 · LRV

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.53
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 7651
#CCCCC5
Front Porch
ΔE 0.53 · LRV 60
SW 7064
#CBCCC9
Passive
ΔE 1.51 · LRV 60
SW 7057
#C8CBC4
Silver Strand
ΔE 1.65 · LRV 59
SW 7667
#CAC9C6
Zircon
ΔE 1.77 · LRV 58
SW 7015
#CCC9C0
Repose Gray
ΔE 1.85 · LRV 58

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.04
All neutral at Behr →
790C-3
#CCCAC4
Dolphin Fin
ΔE 1.04 · LRV 59
790A-3
#CCCEC9
Road Runner
ΔE 1.2 · LRV 61
QE-49
#CCCBC7
Mexican Silver
ΔE 1.24 · LRV 60
HDC-WR14-2
#CEC9C3
Winter Haze
ΔE 2.61 · LRV 59
UL260-17
#C7CAC9
Burnished Metal
ΔE 2.68 · LRV 59

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.29
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-117
#CBC9C1
Earl Gray
ΔE 1.29 · LRV 58
JG-12
#C5C9C2
Wedding Band
ΔE 2.21 · LRV 58
JG-74
#CCD0CE
Dark Moon
ΔE 2.71 · LRV 62
JG-13
#C9CEC4
Emmie's Room
ΔE 3.29 · LRV 61
JG-18
#CDCABC
Gatherings
ΔE 3.56 · LRV 59

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.31
All neutral at Valspar →
4003-1B
#CBC9C4
Filtered Shade
ΔE 1.31 · LRV 58.4
7007-24
#D1CBC1
Heritage Gray
ΔE 3.11 · LRV 60
8006-11B
#CACACA
Gray Morn
ΔE 3.16 · LRV 59
5005-3B
#CACDC1
Sparkling Sage
ΔE 3.34 · LRV 60.2
8005-12B
#CFC9C8
Windy City
ΔE 4.66 · LRV 59

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.81
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
1006-3
#CAC7BF
Early Evening
ΔE 1.81 · LRV 57
1002-3
#D0CCC5
Cool Slate
ΔE 2.03 · LRV 61
1007-2
#CECAC1
Swirling Smoke
ΔE 2.16 · LRV 59
1025-3
#D1CCC2
Whiskers
ΔE 2.75 · LRV 61
1032-1
#CDCCBE
Metallic Mist
ΔE 3.52 · LRV 60

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.91
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6276
#CBCDC4
Silhouette
ΔE 1.91 · LRV 60
DEC790
#CAC7C4
Ice Gray
ΔE 2.61 · LRV 57
DEC786
#D3CEC5
Miner's Dust
ΔE 2.72 · LRV 62
DE6374
#C6C6C6
Silver Polish
ΔE 3.35 · LRV 56
DE6394
#D4CBCC
Eagle's View
ΔE 6.7 · LRV 61

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.43
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 205
#CCD0CD
Skylight
ΔE 2.43 · LRV 62
NO. 228
#D1CBC3
Cornforth White
ΔE 2.96 · LRV 60
NO. 285
#CFCEC0
Cromarty
ΔE 3.57 · LRV 61
NO. 236
#C0CDC2
Teresa's Green
ΔE 6.44 · LRV 59
NO. 286
#D6C8C3
Peignoir
ΔE 7.12 · LRV 60

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.23
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 5.23 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 8.49 · LRV 73
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 12.16 · LRV 60
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 13.56 · LRV 51
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 15.44 · LRV 53

Similar Clare colors

closest in the Clare deck

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

PNT100-LT-17
Flatiron
LRV 61
PNT100-LT-10
Grayish
LRV 58
PNT100-LT-46
Two Scoops
LRV 60
PNT100-MD-47
Dirty Martini
LRV 60
PNT100-LT-70
All The Sage
LRV 60
PNT100-LT-31
Wink
LRV 63

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #CBCBC5 in HSL space. Pair Windy City with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#CBCBC5 + #C5C5CB
TRIADIC
#CBCBC5 · #C5CBCB · #CBC5CB
ANALOGOUS
#CBC8C5 · #CBCBC5 · #C8CBC5

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.63:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.89:1 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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