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Silver City

Behr MQ2-59

HEX
#C8C8C2
RGB
200, 200, 194
LAB
80.5, -1.1, 3.0
LRV
≈ 57
Family
Light Gray, neutral
Nearest RAL
7035 Light Grey
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With an LRV of about 57, Silver City reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Silver City in other brands

  • Notre Dame Valspar 5006-1B Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.2
  • Silver Benjamin Moore 1472 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
  • TVT 1923 Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Quicksilver Asian Paints 8307 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Snowglory Vista C-530 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Burbank Aura Kelly-Moore KM3842-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.6

Lighter and darker in Behr

How it looks with color blindness

  • Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
  • Protanopia Reads as light gray
  • Tritanopia Reads as light gray
  • Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

  • Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
  • Neutral, 4000 K Turns beige
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Silver City warm or cool?

Close to neutral. Its LAB a value of -1.1 and b value of 3.0 sit near zero, so it shifts with the light and the colors around it.

What is the closest Valspar color to Silver City?

Notre Dame (5006-1B), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Silver City?

≈ 57. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.