Polished Silver
DE5820 · #C5D1DA · LRV 58 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Stardew43
- 2Quietude48
- 3Polished Silver58
- 4Sea Salt63
- 5Wickham Gray68
What Color Is Polished Silver, Really?
Polished Silver reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DE5820 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Polished Silver
Polished Silver 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 Polished Silver
At LRV 58, Polished Silver is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its blue 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.
Most complaints about Polished Silver 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 DE5820 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 | North StarSW 6246 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.6 | 62 | Color page → |
| Behr | Tranquil SeaPPL-73 · Behr | 3.2 | 63 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Violet Mist1437 · Benjamin Moore | 2.0 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Tinsel Beam4005-3A · Valspar | 0.8 | 63.5 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Memory LanePPG1163-2 · PPG / Glidden | 0.4 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Memory LanePPG1163-2 · Glidden | 1.1 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Polished Silver 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 #C5D1DA in HSL space. Pair Polished Silver with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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