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Silvery Moonlight

50BG 63/014 · #CED0D3 · LRV 63 · cool blue tone

50BG 63/014 · #CED0D3 · LRV 63 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.

Silvery MoonlightGlidden · 50BG 63/014
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Silvery Moonlight
GLIDDEN · 50BG 63/014 · #CED0D3
Brand · codeGlidden50BG 63/014 · all Glidden grays
LRV63Light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
Undertonecool blue tone
FamilyGray
Hex · RGB · HSL#CED0D3 · 206, 208, 211 · 216°, 5%, 82%Display values from the brand. Match it at another brand
Sheen we recommendEggshell on walls · satin on trim and cabinetsWhich sheen where, explained
Where it sits, light to dark
  1. 1Stardew43
  2. 2Upward57
  3. 3Silvery Moonlight63
  4. 4Wickham Gray68
  5. 5Spring Thaw83
Undertone and depth

What Color Is Silvery Moonlight, Really?

Silvery Moonlight reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Glidden 50BG 63/014 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.

Room by room

Best Rooms and Uses for Silvery Moonlight

Silvery Moonlight 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.

Light by light

How Lighting Changes Silvery Moonlight

At LRV 63, Silvery Moonlight 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.

Test it in your light, not a showroom's

Most complaints about Silvery Moonlight 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.

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Need It From Another Brand?

Any paint counter can custom-tint Glidden 50BG 63/014 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.

Same deck, next chip over

Similar Glidden Colors

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

Contrast, for text and signage
Black text on Silvery Moonlight · 13.6 : 1 · passes AA and AAAWhite text on Silvery Moonlight · 1.5 : 1 · fails for text

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 #CED0D3 in HSL space. Pair Silvery Moonlight with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#CED0D3 + #D3D1CE
TRIADIC
#CED0D3 · #D3CED0 · #D0D3CE
ANALOGOUS
#CED3D3 · #CED0D3 · #CFCED3

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