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GLIDDEN · 50YY 55/047

Glidden Greyrock Inn#C9C5BD · LRV 55

Greyrock Inn reads as a red-orange / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Glidden 50YY 55/047 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

GLIDDEN GREYROCK INN
RGB 201, 197, 189 LRV 55

Color spec

Brand Glidden
Name Greyrock Inn
SKU 50YY 55/047
Hex #C9C5BD
RGB 201, 197, 189
HSL 40°, 10%, 76%
LRV 55
Undertone red-orange / warm
Family Neutral

About Glidden Greyrock Inn

At LRV 55, Greyrock Inn 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.

Greyrock Inn 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 0.97
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 9547 · #CDC8BF · ΔE 0.97 · LRV 58
SW 7022 · #CCC5BD · ΔE 1.55 · LRV 57
SW 7043 · #CEC6BB · ΔE 2.07 · LRV 57
SW 9562 · #C6C5C1 · ΔE 2.14 · LRV 56
SW 9552 · #C7C8C1 · ΔE 2.53 · LRV 57

Behr

5,644 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.58
All neutral at Behr →
PPU24-16 · #C7C6C0 · ΔE 1.58 · LRV 56
N180-3 · #CBC6C1 · ΔE 1.8 · LRV 57
UL260-16 · #C7C5C1 · ΔE 1.96 · LRV 56
720C-3 · #CDC5BA · ΔE 2.04 · LRV 56
PPF-29 · #C7C7C1 · ΔE 2.05 · LRV 57

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.05
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
1541 · #CCC7BD · ΔE 1.05 · LRV 57
1472 · #C7C7C2 · ΔE 2.21 · LRV 57
1535 · #C9C5B8 · ΔE 2.3 · LRV 55
973 · #CBC6B8 · ΔE 2.62 · LRV 55
1485 · #C8C6B9 · ΔE 2.75 · LRV 56

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.32
All neutral at Valspar →
V145-2 · #C6C4BB · ΔE 1.32 · LRV 55.1
5006-1B · #C8C7BF · ΔE 1.59 · LRV 56.8
M204 · #C8C5B7 · ΔE 2.91 · LRV 55.4
8005-10C · #CDC2BA · ΔE 3.53 · LRV 55
V130-2 · #CDC2BA · ΔE 3.53 · LRV 54.9

PPG / Glidden

2,132 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.63
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
PPG1006-3 · #C9C6BF · ΔE 0.63 · LRV 57
PPG0999-2 · #C6C2B9 · ΔE 0.92 · LRV 54
PPG1022-2 · #CEC5BC · ΔE 2.42 · LRV 57
PPG0995-3 · #C6C5C2 · ΔE 2.54 · LRV 56
PPG1033-3 · #C2C6BC · ΔE 4.29 · LRV 55

Dutch Boy

1,340 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.55
All neutral at Dutch Boy →
442-2DB · #CCC5BD · ΔE 1.55 · LRV 57
445-1DB · #CBC7C2 · ΔE 1.61 · LRV 58
447-1DB · #CEC6BE · ΔE 2.09 · LRV 57
422-2DB · #C5C4B5 · ΔE 3.86 · LRV 54
437-2DB · #C6C8C8 · ΔE 4.48 · LRV 58
HGSW 1496 · #CBC7BF · ΔE 0.5 · LRV 58
HGSW 2467 · #CCC5BD · ΔE 1.55 · LRV 57
HGSW 7022 · #CCC5BD · ΔE 1.55 · LRV 57
HGSW 3487 · #CEC6BB · ΔE 2.07 · LRV 57
HGSW 7043 · #CEC6BB · ΔE 2.07 · LRV 57

Dunn-Edwards

2,298 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.9
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DEGR22 · #CDC8BC · ΔE 1.9 · LRV 58
DET600 · #C7C7C2 · ΔE 2.21 · LRV 57
DEC790 · #CAC7C4 · ΔE 2.51 · LRV 53
DEGR65 · #C8C8C5 · ΔE 2.84 · LRV 58
DET623 · #D0C5BE · ΔE 3.73 · LRV 57

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.08
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-127 · #C7C2BB · ΔE 1.08 · LRV 54
JG-117 · #CBC9C1 · ΔE 1.37 · LRV 58
JG-18 · #CDCABC · ΔE 3.08 · LRV 59
JG-12 · #C5C9C2 · ΔE 3.96 · LRV 58
JG-83 · #C1C5C5 · ΔE 4.97 · LRV 55

Farrow & Ball

209 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.59
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 228 · #CFCBC4 · ΔE 1.59 · LRV 60
NO. 242 · #C3C1BB · ΔE 1.61 · LRV 53
NO. 9904 · #CCC9BC · ΔE 2.62 · LRV 58
NO. 285 · #CACCC0 · ΔE 4.09 · LRV 60
NO. 286 · #CFC4C0 · ΔE 4.63 · LRV 57

Diamond Vogel

1,386 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.65
All neutral at Diamond Vogel →
0210 · #CEC9BE · ΔE 1.65 · LRV 59
0539 · #C8C6C2 · ΔE 1.97 · LRV 57
0580 · #C5C6BD · ΔE 2.71 · LRV 56
0551 · #CBC6C4 · ΔE 3.38 · LRV 57
0546 · #C9C8C7 · ΔE 3.56 · LRV 58

Hirshfield's

1,469 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.27
All neutral at Hirshfield's →
0210 · #CDC7BD · ΔE 1.27 · LRV 58
0539 · #C6C3C0 · ΔE 2.49 · LRV 56
0531 · #C8C8C4 · ΔE 2.51 · LRV 58
0580 · #C4C5BC · ΔE 2.73 · LRV 55
0551 · #CBC5C2 · ΔE 3.12 · LRV 57

Rodda

357 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.12
All neutral at Rodda →
R019 · #C2C1BC · ΔE 2.12 · LRV 54
R032 · #D1C7B9 · ΔE 3.34 · LRV 58
CA182 · #C0C4BB · ΔE 4.19 · LRV 54
CA040 · #D0C3B3 · ΔE 4.58 · LRV 56
CA176 · #BEC5BE · ΔE 5.3 · LRV 55

C2 Paint

580 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.76
All neutral at C2 Paint →
C2-817 · #CAC5B9 · ΔE 1.76 · LRV 56
C2-911 · #CEC5B4 · ΔE 3.93 · LRV 56
C2-961 · #C0C2B6 · ΔE 4.07 · LRV 53
C2-992 · #C6C6C6 · ΔE 4.09 · LRV 56
BD9 · #C8C3C7 · ΔE 6.65 · LRV 55

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.42
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-08 · #CBCBC5 · ΔE 2.42 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-17 · #D4CBC0 · ΔE 2.94 · LRV 61
PNT100-LT-09 · #C1C3C0 · ΔE 3.5 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-10 · #C1CAC5 · ΔE 6.09 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-70 · #C9CDB9 · ΔE 7.03 · LRV 60

Portola Paints

69 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.75
All neutral at Portola Paints →
LUMIERE · #CCC8C0 · ΔE 0.75 · LRV 58
HIGH CLIFF · #D1CAC5 · ΔE 2.91 · LRV 60
PIGEON GRAY · #C2C6CA · ΔE 6.6 · LRV 56
TOPANGA · #D4C0AF · ΔE 7.08 · LRV 55
LA CONCHITA · #DBC3AA · ΔE 9.1 · LRV 57

Annie Sloan

31 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.52
All neutral at Annie Sloan →
PARIS GREY · #BEC0B3 · ΔE 4.52 · LRV 52
CHICAGO GREY · #BABAB9 · ΔE 4.65 · LRV 49
PALOMA · #BFB5B3 · ΔE 6.27 · LRV 47
OLD OCHRE · #DFC9A9 · ΔE 9.94 · LRV 60
LOUIS BLUE · #AEBECB · ΔE 12.13 · LRV 50

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.46
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR · #D6CFBE · ΔE 4.46 · LRV 65
BD-AU · #E5C8B7 · ΔE 10.25 · LRV 60
BD-UD · #A4B5BB · ΔE 11.44 · LRV 41
BD-BG · #E5BEB0 · ΔE 13.4 · LRV 53
BD-LO · #A4C2D2 · ΔE 15.02 · LRV 51

Rust-Oleum

16 colors in deck · best ΔE 7.7
All neutral at Rust-Oleum →
285143 · #B6B9BE · ΔE 7.7 · LRV 48
285142 · #E2CDCC · ΔE 9.81 · LRV 64
398641 · #E2D7B0 · ΔE 11.37 · LRV 68
371674 · #A5A78F · ΔE 11.81 · LRV 38
285139 · #ACCECD · ΔE 14.03 · LRV 57

Kompozit

1,321 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.27
All neutral at Kompozit →
0210 · #CDC7BD · ΔE 1.27 · LRV 58
0539 · #C6C3C0 · ΔE 2.49 · LRV 55
0531 · #C8C8C4 · ΔE 2.51 · LRV 58
0580 · #C4C5BC · ΔE 2.73 · LRV 55
0551 · #CBC5C2 · ΔE 3.12 · LRV 57

Similar Glidden colors

closest in the Glidden deck

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

70YY 54/049 · LRV 54
PPG1006-3 · LRV 57
90YY 55/049 · LRV 55
10YY 56/060 · LRV 56
30YY 54/030 · LRV 54
PPG0995-3 · LRV 56

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C9C5BD in HSL space. Pair Greyrock Inn with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C9C5BD + #BDC1C9
TRIADIC
#C9C5BD · #BDC9C5 · #C5BDC9
ANALOGOUS
#C9BFBD · #C9C5BD · #C7C9BD

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.72:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.2:1 AAA

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

Glidden Greyrock Inn Equivalents at Other Brands

Matching Greyrock Inn 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 50YY 55/047 directly — these equivalents are for when you'd rather stay inside one brand's own deck.

Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

Sherwin-Williams's nearest match is Alpaca (SW 7022), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.55). It runs slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 55) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Greyrock Inn without repainting risk. See the full Alpaca swatch →

Behr Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

Behr's nearest match is Titanium (PPU24-16), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.58). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 56 vs 55) and carries a warm yellow undertone, so it substitutes for Greyrock Inn without repainting risk. See the full Titanium swatch →

Benjamin Moore Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

At Benjamin Moore, the closest color to Greyrock Inn is Seattle Mist (1535) — very close at ΔE 2.3, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 55 vs 55) and carries a warm yellow undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Seattle Mist swatch →

Valspar Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

Valspar's nearest match is Notre Dame (5006-1B), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.59). It runs slightly lighter (LRV 56.8 vs 55) and carries a warm yellow undertone, so it substitutes for Greyrock Inn without repainting risk. See the full Notre Dame swatch →

PPG / Glidden Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

The closest PPG / Glidden equivalent of Greyrock Inn is Early Evening (PPG1006-3). At ΔE 0.63 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same warm red-orange undertone and runs slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 55). If PPG / Glidden is your counter, order Early Evening and you'll get the same color. See the full Early Evening swatch →

Dutch Boy Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

Dutch Boy's nearest match is Centuryed Gray (442-2DB), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.55). It runs slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 55) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Greyrock Inn without repainting risk. See the full Centuryed Gray swatch →

HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams's nearest match is Alpaca (HGSW 2467), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.55). It runs slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 55) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Greyrock Inn without repainting risk. See the full Alpaca swatch →

Dunn-Edwards Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

At Dunn-Edwards, the closest color to Greyrock Inn is Dolphin Tales (DET600) — very close at ΔE 2.21, though not an exact twin. It runs slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 55) and carries a true neutral undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Dolphin Tales swatch →

Magnolia Home Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

Magnolia Home's nearest match is Anatolian (JG-127), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.08). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 54 vs 55) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Greyrock Inn without repainting risk. See the full Anatolian swatch →

Farrow & Ball Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

Farrow & Ball has no exact twin of Greyrock Inn. The nearest is Peignoir (NO. 286) at ΔE 4.63 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It runs slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 55). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Peignoir swatch →

Diamond Vogel Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

At Diamond Vogel, the closest color to Greyrock Inn is Rippled Rock (0580) — very close at ΔE 2.71, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 56 vs 55) and carries a warm yellow undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Rippled Rock swatch →

Hirshfield's Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

At Hirshfield's, the closest color to Greyrock Inn is Rippled Rock (0580) — very close at ΔE 2.73, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 55 vs 55) and carries a warm yellow undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Rippled Rock swatch →

Rodda Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

Rodda has no exact twin of Greyrock Inn. The nearest is Sage (CA182) at ΔE 4.19 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 54 vs 55). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Sage swatch →

C2 Paint Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

C2 Paint's nearest match is Shaker (C2-817), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.76). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 56 vs 55) and carries a warm red-orange undertone, so it substitutes for Greyrock Inn without repainting risk. See the full Shaker swatch →

Clare Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

Clare has no exact twin of Greyrock Inn. The nearest is Motor City (PNT100-LT-09) at ΔE 3.5 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 54 vs 55). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Motor City swatch →

Portola Paints Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

The closest Portola Paints equivalent of Greyrock Inn is Lumiere (LUMIERE). At ΔE 0.75 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same warm red-orange undertone and runs slightly lighter (LRV 58 vs 55). If Portola Paints is your counter, order Lumiere and you'll get the same color. See the full Lumiere swatch →

Annie Sloan Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

Annie Sloan has no exact twin of Greyrock Inn. The nearest is Paris Grey (PARIS GREY) at ΔE 4.52 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It runs slightly darker (LRV 52 vs 55). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Paris Grey swatch →

Backdrop Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

Backdrop has no exact twin of Greyrock Inn. The nearest is Real Real (BD-RR) at ΔE 4.46 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It runs noticeably lighter (LRV 65 vs 55). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Real Real swatch →

Rust-Oleum Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

Rust-Oleum doesn't make a true equivalent of Greyrock Inn — the nearest deck color, Serenity Blue (285139), is clearly different (ΔE 14.03). For an exact match, any Rust-Oleum retailer can custom-tint Glidden 50YY 55/047 instead. See the full Serenity Blue swatch →

Kompozit Equivalent of Greyrock Inn

At Kompozit, the closest color to Greyrock Inn is Rippled Rock (0580) — very close at ΔE 2.73, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 55 vs 55) and carries a warm yellow undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Rippled Rock swatch →

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