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GLIDDEN · PPG1097-4

Glidden Dusty Trail#C9BBA3 · LRV 51

Dusty Trail reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Glidden PPG1097-4 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

GLIDDEN DUSTY TRAIL
RGB 201, 187, 163 LRV 51

Color spec

Brand Glidden
Name Dusty Trail
SKU PPG1097-4
Hex #C9BBA3
RGB 201, 187, 163
HSL 38°, 26%, 71%
LRV 51
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Neutral

About Glidden Dusty Trail

At LRV 51, Dusty Trail 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.

Dusty Trail 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.

Closest matches at every US brand

20 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.

Sherwin-Williams

1,947 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.48
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6149 · #C8BBA3 · ΔE 0.48 · LRV 50
SW 2822 · #CBBCA5 · ΔE 0.81 · LRV 52
SW 6156 · #CDBDA2 · ΔE 1.24 · LRV 52
SW 9510 · #C4B9A3 · ΔE 1.49 · LRV 49
SW 7524 · #CABAA8 · ΔE 3.01 · LRV 50

Behr

5,644 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.88
All neutral at Behr →
MQ2-26 · #C7B8A0 · ΔE 0.88 · LRV 49
HDC-SM16-09 · #CABAA4 · ΔE 1.48 · LRV 50
710C-3 · #CEBCA5 · ΔE 2.14 · LRV 52
ECC-64-1 · #C7BEA7 · ΔE 2.38 · LRV 52
PPU8-18 · #C4BCA7 · ΔE 2.71 · LRV 50

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.19
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
CW-145 · #C8BCA7 · ΔE 1.19 · LRV 51
1032 · #CFBCA4 · ΔE 2.39 · LRV 51
1053 · #CDB99F · ΔE 2.55 · LRV 50
CW-30 · #C5BCA2 · ΔE 2.77 · LRV 50
1018 · #CAB9A8 · ΔE 3.78 · LRV 49

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.49
All neutral at Valspar →
6008-1C · #C4B7A2 · ΔE 1.49 · LRV 48.1
V147-2 · #C4B7A2 · ΔE 1.49 · LRV 48.4
8004-25C · #C2B8A1 · ΔE 2.07 · LRV 48
V146-3 · #C2B8A1 · ΔE 2.07 · LRV 48.5
8003-27C · #C4BCA0 · ΔE 3.63 · LRV 50

PPG / Glidden

2,132 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.48
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
PPG1097-4 · #C8BBA3 · ΔE 0.48 · LRV 50
PPG1102-3 · #C4B9A2 · ΔE 1.5 · LRV 49
PPG14-14 · #C6B8A5 · ΔE 2.12 · LRV 49
PPG15-25 · #C8BCAA · ΔE 2.2 · LRV 51
PPG14-26 · #C8BFAA · ΔE 2.41 · LRV 52

Dutch Boy

1,340 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.48
All neutral at Dutch Boy →
419-3DB · #C8BBA3 · ΔE 0.48 · LRV 50
421-2DB · #C7BCA8 · ΔE 1.65 · LRV 51
418-1DB · #CDBD9F · ΔE 2.03 · LRV 52
418-2DB · #CBB99B · ΔE 2.23 · LRV 50
415-3DB · #CEBA9C · ΔE 2.67 · LRV 51
HGSW 3186 · #C8BBA3 · ΔE 0.48 · LRV 50
HGSW 6149 · #C8BBA3 · ΔE 0.48 · LRV 50
HGSW 3216 · #CDBDA2 · ΔE 1.24 · LRV 52
HGSW 6156 · #CDBDA2 · ΔE 1.24 · LRV 52
HGSW 3206 · #CDBB9C · ΔE 2.41 · LRV 53

Dunn-Edwards

2,298 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.86
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DET637 · #C7BDA8 · ΔE 1.86 · LRV 51
DE6172 · #CEBE9F · ΔE 2.4 · LRV 49
DEC752 · #CCBEAC · ΔE 2.6 · LRV 49
DE6129 · #CDB9A2 · ΔE 3 · LRV 47
DESS22 · #C8C0A6 · ΔE 3.36 · LRV 52

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.38
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-109 · #C5BBAC · ΔE 3.38 · LRV 50
JG-19 · #BDB7AC · ΔE 5.47 · LRV 48
JG-48 · #C2BFA2 · ΔE 5.97 · LRV 51
JG-133 · #C6BBB2 · ΔE 6.13 · LRV 51
JG-56 · #BEC3B2 · ΔE 8.87 · LRV 53

Farrow & Ball

209 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.12
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 10 · #C7BDA4 · ΔE 2.12 · LRV 51
NO. 211 · #C9BFAB · ΔE 2.15 · LRV 53
NO. 58 · #C3BBA5 · ΔE 2.75 · LRV 50
NO. 4 · #C7BFAB · ΔE 2.86 · LRV 52
NO. 283 · #C5BDAC · ΔE 3.18 · LRV 51

Diamond Vogel

1,386 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.25
All neutral at Diamond Vogel →
0344 · #C9BFA6 · ΔE 2.25 · LRV 53
0336 · #C6BCAA · ΔE 2.39 · LRV 51
0350 · #C5BCA3 · ΔE 2.58 · LRV 50
0183 · #CCBDAB · ΔE 2.78 · LRV 52
H108 · #C1BCA8 · ΔE 4.14 · LRV 49

Hirshfield's

1,469 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.67
All neutral at Hirshfield's →
0344 · #C8BDA4 · ΔE 1.67 · LRV 51
0336 · #C5BAA6 · ΔE 1.67 · LRV 50
0183 · #CCBCA9 · ΔE 2.64 · LRV 51
H0108 · #C2BCA9 · ΔE 3.7 · LRV 51
0188 · #CCBBAB · ΔE 4.21 · LRV 52

Rodda

357 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.94
All neutral at Rodda →
CA093 · #CAB9A3 · ΔE 1.94 · LRV 50
CA092 · #CBB89F · ΔE 2.26 · LRV 50
CA036 · #C8BAA8 · ΔE 2.44 · LRV 50
CA140 · #C3BAA7 · ΔE 2.49 · LRV 50
CA051 · #D0BAA6 · ΔE 4.68 · LRV 51

C2 Paint

580 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.45
All neutral at C2 Paint →
C2-895 · #C8BAA3 · ΔE 0.45 · LRV 50
C2-896 · #C4B8A3 · ΔE 1.43 · LRV 49
C2-910 · #C4BCA4 · ΔE 2.91 · LRV 50
C2-846 · #CABB9A · ΔE 3 · LRV 50
C2-784 · #C9BAAA · ΔE 3.57 · LRV 50

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 7.58
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-13 · #C2B8B2 · ΔE 7.58 · LRV 49
PNT100-MD-48 · #B5B9A6 · ΔE 8.47 · LRV 47
PNT100-LT-60 · #DEC4B8 · ΔE 9.53 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-09 · #C1C3C0 · ΔE 10.17 · LRV 54
PNT100-MD-49 · #ABBD9F · ΔE 13.83 · LRV 48

Portola Paints

69 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.53
All neutral at Portola Paints →
TIKAL · #BDB49A · ΔE 3.53 · LRV 46
SEVILLA · #BDB6A2 · ΔE 3.59 · LRV 47
ANTIGUA · #DAC2A4 · ΔE 4.53 · LRV 56
TOPANGA · #D4C0AF · ΔE 5.19 · LRV 55
PIANO ROOM · #BAB6AB · ΔE 6.04 · LRV 47

Annie Sloan

31 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.1
All neutral at Annie Sloan →
OLD OCHRE · #DFC9A9 · ΔE 5.1 · LRV 60
VERSAILLES · #C4B58A · ΔE 6.23 · LRV 47
PARIS GREY · #BEC0B3 · ΔE 7.82 · LRV 52
PALOMA · #BFB5B3 · ΔE 9.89 · LRV 47
CHICAGO GREY · #BABAB9 · ΔE 10.28 · LRV 49

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.94
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR · #D6CFBE · ΔE 5.94 · LRV 65
BD-AU · #E5C8B7 · ΔE 9.28 · LRV 60
BD-BG · #E5BEB0 · ΔE 12.69 · LRV 53
BD-UD · #A4B5BB · ΔE 16.89 · LRV 41
BD-RO · #D2A299 · ΔE 16.9 · LRV 38

Rust-Oleum

16 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.44
All neutral at Rust-Oleum →
398641 · #E2D7B0 · ΔE 8.44 · LRV 68
371674 · #A5A78F · ΔE 10.07 · LRV 38
285142 · #E2CDCC · ΔE 13.46 · LRV 64
285143 · #B6B9BE · ΔE 13.55 · LRV 48
285139 · #ACCECD · ΔE 19.13 · LRV 57

Kompozit

1,321 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.67
All neutral at Kompozit →
0344 · #C8BDA4 · ΔE 1.67 · LRV 51
0336 · #C5BAA6 · ΔE 1.67 · LRV 50
0350 · #C3B89F · ΔE 1.9 · LRV 48
0183 · #CCBCA9 · ΔE 2.64 · LRV 52
0188 · #CCBBAB · ΔE 4.21 · LRV 51

Similar Glidden colors

closest in the Glidden deck

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

PPG1102-3 · LRV 49
PPG14-14 · LRV 49
30YY 50/176 · LRV 50
PPG15-25 · LRV 51
20YY 49/176 · LRV 49
PPG1112-4 · LRV 50

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C9BBA3 in HSL space. Pair Dusty Trail with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C9BBA3 + #A3B1C9
TRIADIC
#C9BBA3 · #A3C9BB · #BBA3C9
ANALOGOUS
#C9A8A3 · #C9BBA3 · #C4C9A3

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.89:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.12:1 AAA

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

Glidden Dusty Trail Equivalents at Other Brands

Matching Dusty Trail from a different paint counter? Below is the single closest color in each major US deck and how close it really is. Remember that any paint store can also custom-tint Glidden PPG1097-4 directly — these equivalents are for when you'd rather stay inside one brand's own deck.

Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Dusty Trail

The closest Sherwin-Williams equivalent of Dusty Trail is Relaxed Khaki (SW 6149). At ΔE 0.48 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same warm red-orange undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 51). If Sherwin-Williams is your counter, order Relaxed Khaki and you'll get the same color. See the full Relaxed Khaki swatch →

Behr Equivalent of Dusty Trail

Behr's nearest match is Sail Grey (HDC-SM16-09), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.48). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 51) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Dusty Trail without repainting risk. See the full Sail Grey swatch →

Benjamin Moore Equivalent of Dusty Trail

Benjamin Moore's nearest match is Brick House Tan (CW-145), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.19). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 51 vs 51) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Dusty Trail without repainting risk. See the full Brick House Tan swatch →

Valspar Equivalent of Dusty Trail

Valspar has no exact twin of Dusty Trail. The nearest is Good to Grow (8003-27C) at ΔE 3.63 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 51). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Good to Grow swatch →

PPG / Glidden Equivalent of Dusty Trail

The closest PPG / Glidden equivalent of Dusty Trail is Dusty Trail (PPG1097-4). At ΔE 0.48 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same warm red-orange undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 51). If PPG / Glidden is your counter, order Dusty Trail and you'll get the same color. See the full Dusty Trail swatch →

Dutch Boy Equivalent of Dusty Trail

The closest Dutch Boy equivalent of Dusty Trail is Sand Fatigues (419-3DB). At ΔE 0.48 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same warm red-orange undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 51). If Dutch Boy is your counter, order Sand Fatigues and you'll get the same color. See the full Sand Fatigues swatch →

HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Dusty Trail

The closest HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams equivalent of Dusty Trail is Relaxed Khaki (HGSW 3186). At ΔE 0.48 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same warm red-orange undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 51). If HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams is your counter, order Relaxed Khaki and you'll get the same color. See the full Relaxed Khaki swatch →

Dunn-Edwards Equivalent of Dusty Trail

Dunn-Edwards's nearest match is Seagull Wail (DET637), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.86). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 51 vs 51) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Dusty Trail without repainting risk. See the full Seagull Wail swatch →

Magnolia Home Equivalent of Dusty Trail

At Magnolia Home, the closest color to Dusty Trail is Solid Wood (JG-109) — very close at ΔE 3.38, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 51) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Solid Wood swatch →

Farrow & Ball Equivalent of Dusty Trail

At Farrow & Ball, the closest color to Dusty Trail is Fawn (NO. 10) — very close at ΔE 2.12, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 51 vs 51) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Fawn swatch →

Diamond Vogel Equivalent of Dusty Trail

At Diamond Vogel, the closest color to Dusty Trail is Helen of Troy (0350) — very close at ΔE 2.58, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 51) and carries a warm red-orange undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Helen of Troy swatch →

Hirshfield's Equivalent of Dusty Trail

Hirshfield's's nearest match is Courtyard (0344), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.67). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 51 vs 51) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Dusty Trail without repainting risk. See the full Courtyard swatch →

Rodda Equivalent of Dusty Trail

Rodda's nearest match is Spun Yarn (CA093), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.94). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 51) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Dusty Trail without repainting risk. See the full Spun Yarn swatch →

C2 Paint Equivalent of Dusty Trail

The closest C2 Paint equivalent of Dusty Trail is Cakewalk (C2-895). At ΔE 0.45 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same warm red-orange undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 50 vs 51). If C2 Paint is your counter, order Cakewalk and you'll get the same color. See the full Cakewalk swatch →

Clare Equivalent of Dusty Trail

Clare doesn't make a true equivalent of Dusty Trail — the nearest deck color, Greige (PNT100-LT-13), is clearly different (ΔE 7.58). For an exact match, any Clare retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1097-4 instead. See the full Greige swatch →

Portola Paints Equivalent of Dusty Trail

Portola Paints has no exact twin of Dusty Trail. The nearest is Sevilla (SEVILLA) at ΔE 3.59 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It runs slightly darker (LRV 47 vs 51). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Sevilla swatch →

Annie Sloan Equivalent of Dusty Trail

Annie Sloan doesn't make a true equivalent of Dusty Trail — the nearest deck color, Paris Grey (PARIS GREY), is clearly different (ΔE 7.82). For an exact match, any Annie Sloan retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1097-4 instead. See the full Paris Grey swatch →

Backdrop Equivalent of Dusty Trail

Backdrop doesn't make a true equivalent of Dusty Trail — the nearest deck color, Boy Meets Girl (BD-BG), is clearly different (ΔE 12.69). For an exact match, any Backdrop retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1097-4 instead. See the full Boy Meets Girl swatch →

Rust-Oleum Equivalent of Dusty Trail

Rust-Oleum doesn't make a true equivalent of Dusty Trail — the nearest deck color, Aged Gray (285143), is clearly different (ΔE 13.55). For an exact match, any Rust-Oleum retailer can custom-tint Glidden PPG1097-4 instead. See the full Aged Gray swatch →

Kompozit Equivalent of Dusty Trail

Kompozit's nearest match is Courtyard (0344), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.67). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 51 vs 51) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Dusty Trail without repainting risk. See the full Courtyard swatch →

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