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PPG / GLIDDEN · 1125-3

PPG / Glidden Whispering Pine#C8CAB5 · LRV 58

Whispering Pine reads as a yellow / warm — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what PPG / Glidden 1125-3 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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PPG / GLIDDEN WHISPERING PINE
RGB 200, 202, 181 LRV 58

Color spec

Brand PPG / Glidden
Name Whispering Pine
SKU 1125-3
Hex #C8CAB5
RGB 200, 202, 181
HSL 66°, 17%, 75%
LRV 58
Undertone yellow / warm
Family Neutral

About PPG / Glidden Whispering Pine

At LRV 58, Whispering Pine is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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.

Whispering Pine 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.

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
Palatine
SKU 0370 · #C9C7B6 · LRV 57
ΔE 2.61 (close)
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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 neutral from that brand.

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.53
All neutral at Benjamin Moore →
AF-465
#C7CAB6
Wind Chime
ΔE 0.53 · LRV 57
2144-40
#C8CAB2
Soft Fern
ΔE 1.06 · LRV 57
1494
#C7C8B7
Vale Mist
ΔE 1.66 · LRV 56
1516
#CDCAB2
Moon Shadow
ΔE 2.34 · LRV
CSP-130
#CAC7B4
Doily
ΔE 2.58 · LRV

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.11
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 1.11 · LRV 60
PNT100-MD-47
#C4CEBD
Dirty Martini
ΔE 3.56 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-46
#C1CFC2
Two Scoops
ΔE 5.53 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-08
#CBCBC5
Windy City
ΔE 6.53 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 6.92 · LRV 58

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.47
All neutral at Valspar →
6001-3B
#C9C8B1
Mint Frost
ΔE 1.47 · LRV 56.9
T669
#C8C5B3
Grasscloth
ΔE 2.9 · LRV 55.5
6005-3B
#C9C5B3
Brown Buzz
ΔE 3.32 · LRV 55.5
V146-2
#CCC6B4
Rippling Stone
ΔE 4.2 · LRV 56.3
T680
#CFC6AF
Chopped Almonds
ΔE 5.07 · LRV 56.8

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.53
All neutral at Behr →
BXC-04
#CDCDBA
Cavern Echo
ΔE 1.53 · LRV 60
PPU10-10
#CAC8B6
Ocean Foam
ΔE 2.32 · LRV 57
BXC-56
#C6CDB5
Stone Creek
ΔE 2.44 · LRV 59
N320-3
#C2C9B9
Tanglewood
ΔE 2.72 · LRV 57
PPU9-18
#CECAAF
Cilantro Cream
ΔE 3.12 · LRV 58

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.72
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 29
#CDCDB4
Acanthus
ΔE 1.72 · LRV 60
SW 6162
#D1CCB9
Ancient Marble
ΔE 3.61 · LRV 60
SW 7050
#CFCABD
Useful Gray
ΔE 5.12 · LRV 59
SW 7738
#CDC4AE
Cargo Pants
ΔE 5.21 · LRV 56
SW 7036
#D1C7B8
Accessible Beige
ΔE 6.9 · LRV 58

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.43
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6262
#CDD0C0
Glass Tile
ΔE 2.43 · LRV 62
DE6276
#CBCDC4
Silhouette
ΔE 4.95 · LRV 60
DE6192
#D2C6AE
Nomadic Taupe
ΔE 6.43 · LRV 57
DEC767
#D2C5AE
Riverbed
ΔE 7 · LRV 57
DE6206
#D5C7B3
Desert Suede
ΔE 7.85 · LRV 58

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.5
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 285
#CFCEC0
Cromarty
ΔE 3.5 · LRV 61
NO. 32
#C4C6A5
Cooking Apple Green
ΔE 4.15 · LRV 55
NO. 236
#C0CDC2
Teresa's Green
ΔE 5.66 · LRV 59
NO. 15
#CEC3AD
Bone
ΔE 6.21 · LRV 55
NO. 4
#CFC3AD
Old White
ΔE 6.69 · LRV 55

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.94
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-18
#CDCABC
Gatherings
ΔE 3.94 · LRV 59
JG-12
#C5C9C2
Wedding Band
ΔE 5.69 · LRV 58
JG-117
#CBC9C1
Earl Gray
ΔE 6.02 · LRV 58
JG-104
#D1C8B8
Southern Grown
ΔE 6.13 · LRV 58
JG-156
#D3C9B7
Plaster
ΔE 6.2 · LRV 59

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.18
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 5.18 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 6.86 · LRV 73
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 15.27 · LRV 60
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 18.25 · LRV 51
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 19.51 · LRV 53

Similar PPG / Glidden colors

closest in the PPG / Glidden deck

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

1029-3
French Gray Linen
LRV 57
1123-4
Only Olive
LRV 59
1031-1
Mix Or Match
LRV 60
1030-2
Pale Pine
LRV 56
1027-2
Skipping Stone
LRV 59
1128-3
Life Lesson
LRV 58

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C8CAB5 in HSL space. Pair Whispering Pine with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C8CAB5 + #B7B5CA
TRIADIC
#C8CAB5 · #B5C8CA · #CAB5C8
ANALOGOUS
#CAC2B5 · #C8CAB5 · #BECAB5

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.67:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.57:1 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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