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PPG / GLIDDEN · 1033-3

PPG / Glidden Silent Storm#C3C7BD · LRV 56

Silent Storm reads as a green / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what PPG / Glidden 1033-3 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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PPG / GLIDDEN SILENT STORM
RGB 195, 199, 189 LRV 56

Color spec

Brand PPG / Glidden
Name Silent Storm
SKU 1033-3
Hex #C3C7BD
RGB 195, 199, 189
HSL 84°, 8%, 76%
LRV 56
Undertone green / cool
Family Gray

About PPG / Glidden Silent Storm

At LRV 56, Silent Storm 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.

Silent Storm 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.

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Rippled Rock
SKU 0580 · #C4C5BC · LRV 55
ΔE 1.59 (near-perfect)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 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.

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.03
All gray at Valspar →
M354
#C1C5B9
Cool Sea Air
ΔE 1.03 · LRV 54.8
8004-32C
#BFC5BB
Irish Moor
ΔE 1.09 · LRV 55
5004-3B
#BFC7BB
Garden Flower
ΔE 2.07 · LRV 55.7
5006-1B
#C8C7BF
Notre Dame
ΔE 2.76 · LRV 56.8
V145-2
#C6C4BB
Zen Pebble
ΔE 3.07 · LRV 55.1

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.39
All gray at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6205
#BEC3BB
Comfort Gray
ΔE 1.39 · LRV 54
SW 6197
#C9C9C0
Aloof Gray
ΔE 2.17 · LRV 58
SW 68
#C2CCC4
Copen Blue
ΔE 2.79 · LRV 59
SW 7657
#C5C8C4
Tinsmith
ΔE 3 · LRV 57
SW 7022
#CCC5BD
Alpaca
ΔE 5.89 · LRV 56

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.49
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-12
#C5C9C2
Wedding Band
ΔE 1.49 · LRV 58
JG-117
#CBC9C1
Earl Gray
ΔE 3.35 · LRV 58
JG-18
#CDCABC
Gatherings
ΔE 3.6 · LRV 59
JG-83
#C1C5C5
Loft
ΔE 4.98 · LRV 55
JG-127
#C7C2BB
Anatolian
ΔE 5.12 · LRV 54

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.52
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
1570
#BFC6BB
Gray Wisp
ΔE 1.52 · LRV
CC-670
#BFC6BB
Gray Wisp
ΔE 1.52 · LRV
2139-50
#C0C8C1
Silver Marlin
ΔE 2.07 · LRV 56
CSP-770
#C2C8B8
Sagebrush
ΔE 2.76 · LRV
1485
#C8C6B9
Brushed Aluminum
ΔE 2.91 · LRV

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.7
All gray at Behr →
710E-3
#BEC3BC
Rhino
ΔE 1.7 · LRV 54
N320-3
#C2C9B9
Tanglewood
ΔE 2.97 · LRV 57
QE-42
#BAC9C0
Antiqued Aqua
ΔE 4.5 · LRV 56
UL260-16
#C7C5C1
Silver Sateen
ΔE 4.58 · LRV 56
MQ2-59
#C6C4C0
Silver City
ΔE 4.59 · LRV 55

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.26
All gray at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6290
#BCC4BD
Ashwood
ΔE 2.26 · LRV 54
DEC795
#C3C0BB
Gray Pearl
ΔE 4.84 · LRV 53
DEC790
#CAC7C4
Ice Gray
ΔE 5.49 · LRV 57
DE6360
#C0C3C4
Foil
ΔE 5.73 · LRV 54
DE6374
#C6C6C6
Silver Polish
ΔE 5.74 · LRV 56

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.53
All gray at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 266
#C0C2B3
Mizzle
ΔE 2.53 · LRV 53
NO. 236
#C0CDC2
Teresa's Green
ΔE 3.95 · LRV 59
NO. 242
#C8C3BC
Pavilion Gray
ΔE 5.09 · LRV 55
NO. 275
#C4BEB4
Purbeck Stone
ΔE 5.31 · LRV 52
NO. 229
#CCBFB3
Elephant's Breath
ΔE 8.44 · LRV 53

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.99
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 2.99 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-08
#CBCBC5
Windy City
ΔE 3.2 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 3.74 · LRV 54
PNT100-MD-47
#C4CEBD
Dirty Martini
ΔE 4.21 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-46
#C1CFC2
Two Scoops
ΔE 4.63 · LRV 60

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.95
All gray at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 5.95 · LRV 65
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 10.12 · LRV 41
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 13.83 · LRV 51
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 14.83 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 18.52 · LRV 53

Similar PPG / Glidden colors

closest in the PPG / Glidden deck

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

1128-3
Life Lesson
LRV 58
10-08
Gale Force
LRV 56
1009-3
Solitary State
LRV 57
1006-3
Early Evening
LRV 57
10-30
Niagara Mist
LRV 56
1128-4
Balsam
LRV 54

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C3C7BD in HSL space. Pair Silent Storm with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C3C7BD + #C1BDC7
TRIADIC
#C3C7BD · #BDC3C7 · #C7BDC3
ANALOGOUS
#C7C6BD · #C3C7BD · #BEC7BD

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.72:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.22:1 AAA

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

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