Behr Silver City MQ2-59

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What are Behr Silver City undertones?
Is Silver City MQ2-59 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Silver City
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Silver City MQ2-59
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	MQ2-59
Name:	Silver City
Brand:	Behr

What color is Behr Silver City?

Behr Silver City MQ2-59 is a light, softly muted gray with a subtle warm cast that keeps it from reading icy or stark. Its low saturation gives walls a quiet, uniform look, while the slight beige-gray influence can become more noticeable in warm afternoon light. In brighter daylight, Silver City appears cleaner and closer to a pale neutral gray. It suits bedrooms, hallways, and open living areas where a light neutral is needed without the sharp contrast of a cool white. Pair it with creamy trim, pale oak, linen upholstery, and charcoal or black accents for definition.

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What are Behr Silver City undertones?

Silver City is a light, near-neutral light gray. Its chroma is so low that assigning a specific hue-based undertone would be misleading. Because it is close to neutral, nearby surfaces and the color of the light can noticeably change how warm or cool it appears.

HEX value:

#C8C8C2

RGB code:

200, 200, 194

Is Behr Silver City cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 60°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

MQ2-59 Silver City HSL code: 60, 5%, 77%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Silver City

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Silver City:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

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Darker shades

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Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Silver City with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 240, such as Behr Blue Aura and Camelot.

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LRV of Silver City

Silver City has an LRV of 57.25% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 57.25%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft² living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#c8c8c2
RGB Decimal	200, 200, 194
RGB Percent	78.43%, 78.43%, 76.08%
HSV	Hue: 60° Saturation: 3.0% Value: 78.43%
HSL	hsl(60, 5, 77)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 3.0 Key: 21.57
YIQ	Y: 199.316 I: 1.928 Q: -1.867
XYZ	X: 54.209 Y: 57.483 Z: 59.264
CIE Lab	L:80.451 a:-1.086 b:2.999
CIE Luv	L:80.451 u:0.335 v:4.657
Decimal	13158594
Hunter Lab	75.818, -5.055, 6.727