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GLIDDEN · 50BG 54/017

Glidden Silver Reflection#C0C4C6 · LRV 54

Silver Reflection reads as a blue-green / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Glidden 50BG 54/017 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

GLIDDEN SILVER REFLECTION
RGB 192, 196, 198 LRV 54

Color spec

Brand Glidden
Name Silver Reflection
SKU 50BG 54/017
Hex #C0C4C6
RGB 192, 196, 198
HSL 200°, 5%, 76%
LRV 54
Undertone blue-green / cool
Family Gray

About Glidden Silver Reflection

At LRV 54, Silver Reflection 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.

Silver Reflection 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.

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 gray from that brand.

Sherwin-Williams

1,947 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.86
All gray at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6254 · #BEC1C3 · ΔE 0.86 · LRV 53
SW 9557 · #C6C7C5 · ΔE 2.48 · LRV 57
SW 9642 · #BFC2BF · ΔE 2.73 · LRV 54
SW 9562 · #C6C5C1 · ΔE 3.61 · LRV 56
SW 6541 · #BDC3CD · ΔE 3.88 · LRV 54

Behr

5,644 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.76
All gray at Behr →
PPU26-18 · #BEC2C1 · ΔE 1.76 · LRV 53
N520-2 · #C5C5C6 · ΔE 2 · LRV 56
PPF-26 · #BCC3C2 · ΔE 2.48 · LRV 54
T15-6 · #C6C5C5 · ΔE 2.56 · LRV 56
PPU12-10 · #BCC6C7 · ΔE 2.93 · LRV 55

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.24
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
AF-695 · #BEC2C2 · ΔE 1.24 · LRV 52
1598 · #C0C6C5 · ΔE 2.14 · LRV 55
CSP-580 · #C3C7C5 · ΔE 2.31 · LRV 56
2122-40 · #BAC8C9 · ΔE 4.54 · LRV 56
1585 · #B9C5C3 · ΔE 4.58 · LRV 54

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.82
All gray at Valspar →
4005-1B · #C3C6C7 · ΔE 0.82 · LRV 56.3
8006-11C · #C0C2C2 · ΔE 1.33 · LRV 54
V114-1 · #C0C2C2 · ΔE 1.33 · LRV 53.5
P035 · #BBC3C8 · ΔE 2.05 · LRV 53.9
8004-47B · #C0C2CA · ΔE 3.58 · LRV 54

PPG / Glidden

2,132 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.95
All gray at PPG / Glidden →
PPG0993-2 · #BFC2C5 · ΔE 0.95 · LRV 54
PPG10-15 · #BCC1C1 · ΔE 1.58 · LRV 53
PPG1009-3 · #C4C6C4 · ΔE 2.24 · LRV 56
PPG0995-3 · #C6C5C2 · ΔE 3.24 · LRV 56
PPG0997-2 · #C2C4BE · ΔE 4.17 · LRV 55

Dutch Boy

1,340 colors in deck · best ΔE 0
All gray at Dutch Boy →
435-2DB · #C0C4C6 · ΔE 0 · LRV 55
433-2DB · #BAC6CC · ΔE 3.46 · LRV 55
340-2DB · #BDC7D0 · ΔE 3.7 · LRV 56
342-2DB · #BDC3CD · ΔE 3.88 · LRV 54
426-3DB · #BEC6C0 · ΔE 4.96 · LRV 55
HGSW 1446 · #BEC1C3 · ΔE 0.86 · LRV 53
HGSW 6254 · #BEC1C3 · ΔE 0.86 · LRV 53
HGSW 2406 · #BDC3CD · ΔE 3.88 · LRV 54
HGSW 6541 · #BDC3CD · ΔE 3.88 · LRV 54
HGSW 2416 · #C5C0C9 · ΔE 6.46 · LRV 54

Dunn-Edwards

2,298 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.65
All gray at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6360 · #C0C3C4 · ΔE 0.65 · LRV 50
DE6374 · #C6C6C6 · ΔE 2.13 · LRV 53
DEGR56 · #C4C2BE · ΔE 3.86 · LRV 54
DET600 · #C7C7C2 · ΔE 3.91 · LRV 57
DE6290 · #BCC4BD · ΔE 5.42 · LRV 50

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.13
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-83 · #C1C5C5 · ΔE 1.13 · LRV 55
JG-93 · #C1C6CE · ΔE 3.04 · LRV 56
JG-12 · #C5C9C2 · ΔE 4.87 · LRV 58
JG-117 · #CBC9C1 · ΔE 5.53 · LRV 58
JG-127 · #C7C2BB · ΔE 5.64 · LRV 54

Farrow & Ball

209 colors in deck · best ΔE 4.18
All gray at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 27 · #B2BFC5 · ΔE 4.18 · LRV 51
NO. 270 · #C9C7CD · ΔE 4.34 · LRV 58
NO. 242 · #C3C1BB · ΔE 4.62 · LRV 53
NO. 286 · #CFC4C0 · ΔE 7.43 · LRV 57
NO. 266 · #BEC1B3 · ΔE 7.88 · LRV 52

Diamond Vogel

1,386 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.91
All gray at Diamond Vogel →
0539 · #C8C6C2 · ΔE 3.91 · LRV 57
0489 · #BBC6C4 · ΔE 4.22 · LRV 55
0448 · #BEC5BF · ΔE 4.75 · LRV 55
1316 · #C2C0C9 · ΔE 5.35 · LRV 53
0476 · #BCC7C0 · ΔE 6.11 · LRV 55

Hirshfield's

1,469 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.42
All gray at Hirshfield's →
0546 · #C7C7C6 · ΔE 2.42 · LRV 58
0503 · #BDC9CE · ΔE 3.48 · LRV 58
0539 · #C6C3C0 · ΔE 3.87 · LRV 56
0448 · #BDC3BD · ΔE 4.59 · LRV 54
0476 · #BAC5BE · ΔE 6.13 · LRV 55

Rodda

357 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.96
All gray at Rodda →
R079 · #B5C2C5 · ΔE 3.96 · LRV 53
R019 · #C2C1BC · ΔE 4.04 · LRV 54
CA176 · #BEC5BE · ΔE 5.2 · LRV 55
CA182 · #C0C4BB · ΔE 5.71 · LRV 54
CA189 · #B5C8C7 · ΔE 6.73 · LRV 55

C2 Paint

580 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.13
All gray at C2 Paint →
C2-992 · #C6C6C6 · ΔE 2.13 · LRV 56
C2-975 · #B7C5C7 · ΔE 4.35 · LRV 54
C2-989 · #BBC4C0 · ΔE 4.37 · LRV 54
C2-977 · #B7C5C4 · ΔE 5.01 · LRV 54
BD9 · #C8C3C7 · ΔE 5.05 · LRV 55

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.69
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-LT-09 · #C1C3C0 · ΔE 2.69 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-08 · #CBCBC5 · ΔE 4.63 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-10 · #C1CAC5 · ΔE 4.89 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-37 · #B1C6CA · ΔE 6.63 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-35 · #B9CDC8 · ΔE 8.11 · LRV 58

Portola Paints

69 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.2
All gray at Portola Paints →
PIGEON GRAY · #C2C6CA · ΔE 1.2 · LRV 56
LUMIERE · #CCC8C0 · ΔE 5.85 · LRV 58
HIGH CLIFF · #D1CAC5 · ΔE 6.08 · LRV 60
COSTA · #AABEBF · ΔE 7.15 · LRV 49
TOPANGA · #D4C0AF · ΔE 12.02 · LRV 55

Annie Sloan

31 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.32
All gray at Annie Sloan →
CHICAGO GREY · #BABAB9 · ΔE 3.32 · LRV 49
LOUIS BLUE · #AEBECB · ΔE 6.24 · LRV 50
PARIS GREY · #BEC0B3 · ΔE 7.45 · LRV 52
PALOMA · #BFB5B3 · ΔE 7.66 · LRV 47
SVENSKA BLUE · #A4BEB7 · ΔE 10.66 · LRV 48

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.97
All gray at Backdrop →
BD-UD · #A4B5BB · ΔE 6.97 · LRV 41
BD-LO · #A4C2D2 · ΔE 9.46 · LRV 51
BD-RR · #D6CFBE · ΔE 9.72 · LRV 65
BD-AU · #E5C8B7 · ΔE 14.49 · LRV 60
BD-BG · #E5BEB0 · ΔE 17.28 · LRV 53

Rust-Oleum

16 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.31
All gray at Rust-Oleum →
285143 · #B6B9BE · ΔE 3.31 · LRV 48
285139 · #ACCECD · ΔE 11.1 · LRV 57
285142 · #E2CDCC · ΔE 11.89 · LRV 64
371674 · #A5A78F · ΔE 14.36 · LRV 38
398641 · #E2D7B0 · ΔE 16.46 · LRV 68

Kompozit

1,321 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.42
All gray at Kompozit →
0546 · #C7C7C6 · ΔE 2.42 · LRV 57
0503 · #BDC9CE · ΔE 3.48 · LRV 57
0539 · #C6C3C0 · ΔE 3.87 · LRV 55
0448 · #BDC3BD · ΔE 4.59 · LRV 54
0476 · #BAC5BE · ΔE 6.13 · LRV 54

Similar Glidden colors

closest in the Glidden deck

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

PPG0993-2 · LRV 54
10GG 53/030 · LRV 53
50GY 53/033 · LRV 53
30BG 56/045 · LRV 56
50RR 54/018 · LRV 54
30GG 54/045 · LRV 54

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C0C4C6 in HSL space. Pair Silver Reflection with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C0C4C6 + #C6C2C0
TRIADIC
#C0C4C6 · #C6C0C4 · #C4C6C0
ANALOGOUS
#C0C6C5 · #C0C4C6 · #C0C1C6

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.76:1 fail
Sample text on black
11.95:1 AAA

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

Glidden Silver Reflection Equivalents at Other Brands

Matching Silver Reflection 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 50BG 54/017 directly — these equivalents are for when you'd rather stay inside one brand's own deck.

Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Silver Reflection

The closest Sherwin-Williams equivalent of Silver Reflection is Lazy Gray (SW 6254). At ΔE 0.86 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same true neutral undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 53 vs 54). If Sherwin-Williams is your counter, order Lazy Gray and you'll get the same color. See the full Lazy Gray swatch →

Behr Equivalent of Silver Reflection

At Behr, the closest color to Silver Reflection is Misty Morn (PPU12-10) — very close at ΔE 2.93, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 55 vs 54) and carries a cool blue-green undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Misty Morn swatch →

Benjamin Moore Equivalent of Silver Reflection

At Benjamin Moore, the closest color to Silver Reflection is Silver Lake (1598) — very close at ΔE 2.14, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 55 vs 54) and carries a cool blue-green undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Silver Lake swatch →

Valspar Equivalent of Silver Reflection

Valspar's nearest match is Rocky Shelter (8006-11C), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.33). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 54 vs 54) and carries a true neutral undertone, so it substitutes for Silver Reflection without repainting risk. See the full Rocky Shelter swatch →

PPG / Glidden Equivalent of Silver Reflection

The closest PPG / Glidden equivalent of Silver Reflection is Train (PPG0993-2). At ΔE 0.95 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same true neutral undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 54 vs 54). If PPG / Glidden is your counter, order Train and you'll get the same color. See the full Train swatch →

Dutch Boy Equivalent of Silver Reflection

The closest Dutch Boy equivalent of Silver Reflection is Wrenched Gray (435-2DB). At ΔE 0 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same cool blue-green undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 55 vs 54). If Dutch Boy is your counter, order Wrenched Gray and you'll get the same color. See the full Wrenched Gray swatch →

HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Equivalent of Silver Reflection

The closest HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams equivalent of Silver Reflection is Latitude (HGSW 1446). At ΔE 0.86 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same true neutral undertone and sits at the same lightness (LRV 53 vs 54). If HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams is your counter, order Latitude and you'll get the same color. See the full Latitude swatch →

Dunn-Edwards Equivalent of Silver Reflection

The closest Dunn-Edwards equivalent of Silver Reflection is Foil (DE6360). At ΔE 0.65 the two are indistinguishable on a wall — it carries the same true neutral undertone and runs slightly darker (LRV 50 vs 54). If Dunn-Edwards is your counter, order Foil and you'll get the same color. See the full Foil swatch →

Magnolia Home Equivalent of Silver Reflection

Magnolia Home's nearest match is Loft (JG-83), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.13). It sits at the same lightness (LRV 55 vs 54) and carries a true neutral undertone, so it substitutes for Silver Reflection without repainting risk. See the full Loft swatch →

Farrow & Ball Equivalent of Silver Reflection

Farrow & Ball has no exact twin of Silver Reflection. The nearest is Pavilion Gray (NO. 242) at ΔE 4.62 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 53 vs 54). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Pavilion Gray swatch →

Diamond Vogel Equivalent of Silver Reflection

Diamond Vogel has no exact twin of Silver Reflection. The nearest is Whirlwind (0489) at ΔE 4.22 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 55 vs 54). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Whirlwind swatch →

Hirshfield's Equivalent of Silver Reflection

Hirshfield's has no exact twin of Silver Reflection. The nearest is Place of Dust (0539) at ΔE 3.87 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It runs slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 54). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Place of Dust swatch →

Rodda Equivalent of Silver Reflection

Rodda doesn't make a true equivalent of Silver Reflection — the nearest deck color, Silver Glass (CA176), is clearly different (ΔE 5.2). For an exact match, any Rodda retailer can custom-tint Glidden 50BG 54/017 instead. See the full Silver Glass swatch →

C2 Paint Equivalent of Silver Reflection

At C2 Paint, the closest color to Silver Reflection is Seraph (C2-992) — very close at ΔE 2.13, though not an exact twin. It runs slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 54) and carries a true neutral undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Seraph swatch →

Clare Equivalent of Silver Reflection

At Clare, the closest color to Silver Reflection is Motor City (PNT100-LT-09) — very close at ΔE 2.69, though not an exact twin. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 54 vs 54) and carries a true neutral undertone; sample both side by side if the room gets strong natural light. See the full Motor City swatch →

Portola Paints Equivalent of Silver Reflection

Portola Paints's nearest match is Pigeon Gray (PIGEON GRAY), visually identical in normal room light (ΔE 1.2). It runs slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 54) and carries a cool blue undertone, so it substitutes for Silver Reflection without repainting risk. See the full Pigeon Gray swatch →

Annie Sloan Equivalent of Silver Reflection

Annie Sloan doesn't make a true equivalent of Silver Reflection — the nearest deck color, Paris Grey (PARIS GREY), is clearly different (ΔE 7.45). For an exact match, any Annie Sloan retailer can custom-tint Glidden 50BG 54/017 instead. See the full Paris Grey swatch →

Backdrop Equivalent of Silver Reflection

Backdrop doesn't make a true equivalent of Silver Reflection — the nearest deck color, Lost in the 80s (BD-LO), is clearly different (ΔE 9.46). For an exact match, any Backdrop retailer can custom-tint Glidden 50BG 54/017 instead. See the full Lost in the 80s swatch →

Rust-Oleum Equivalent of Silver Reflection

Rust-Oleum doesn't make a true equivalent of Silver Reflection — the nearest deck color, Serenity Blue (285139), is clearly different (ΔE 11.1). For an exact match, any Rust-Oleum retailer can custom-tint Glidden 50BG 54/017 instead. See the full Serenity Blue swatch →

Kompozit Equivalent of Silver Reflection

Kompozit has no exact twin of Silver Reflection. The nearest is Place of Dust (0539) at ΔE 3.87 — close, but the difference shows next to trim and in side light. It sits at the same lightness (LRV 55 vs 54). Compare large swatches before substituting. See the full Place of Dust swatch →

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