Ice Gray
DEC790 · #CAC7C4 · LRV 53 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Stardew43
- 2Quietude48
- 3Ice Gray53
- 4Sea Salt63
- 5Wickham Gray68
What Color Is Ice Gray, Really?
Ice Gray reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DEC790 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Ice Gray
Ice Gray 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. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Ice Gray
At LRV 53, Ice Gray 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.
Most complaints about Ice Gray 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.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Dunn-Edwards DEC790 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.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | ZirconSW 7667 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.1 | 59 | Color page → |
| Behr | French Castle770A-3 · Behr | 1.2 | 58 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Silver Chain1472 · Benjamin Moore | 2.1 | 57 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Modest Silver4002-1A · Valspar | 2.0 | 57.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Early EveningPPG1006-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.1 | 57 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Silver BandPPG0995-3 · Glidden | 1.1 | 56 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Ice Gray within Dunn-Edwards's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
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 #CAC7C4 in HSL space. Pair Ice Gray with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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