Soft Meadow
10GY 64/065 · #D3D5C9 · LRV 64 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Soft Meadow, Really?
Soft Meadow reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Glidden 10GY 64/065 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Soft Meadow
Soft Meadow 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 Soft Meadow
At LRV 64, Soft Meadow is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its green 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 Soft Meadow 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 Glidden 10GY 64/065 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 | Pine FrostSW 9656 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.5 | 65 | Color page → |
| Behr | Natural SpringQE-33 · Behr | 0.6 | 65 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Gray Owl2137-60 · Benjamin Moore | 1.9 | 65 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Tempered Gray4004-1A · Valspar | 3.3 | 64.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | White SagePPG1125-2 · PPG / Glidden | 2.5 | 65 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | White Rapids425-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.2 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Soft Meadow within Glidden'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 #D3D5C9 in HSL space. Pair Soft Meadow with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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