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Behr Celestial Light#C5D8E8 · LRV 67

Celestial Light reads as a blue / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Behr MQ3-24 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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BEHR CELESTIAL LIGHT
RGB 197, 216, 232 LRV 67

Color spec

Brand Behr
Name Celestial Light
SKU MQ3-24
Hex #C5D8E8
RGB 197, 216, 232
HSL 207°, 43%, 84%
LRV 67
Undertone blue / cool
Family Blue

About Behr Celestial Light

At LRV 67, Celestial Light is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its blue 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.

Celestial Light 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. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.

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
Simple Serenity
SKU 0614 · #C8D9E5 · LRV 68
ΔE 1.62 (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 blue from that brand.

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.75
All blue at Valspar →
V072-1
#C3D7E6
Cache Blue
ΔE 0.75 · LRV 65.9
8003-45A
#C6D9E6
Easy on the Eyes
ΔE 1.35 · LRV 67
8002-45A
#C9D8E6
Blueberry Ice
ΔE 1.35 · LRV 67
V070-1
#C2D8E5
Chapel Choir
ΔE 2.05 · LRV 66.2
4005-7B
#C9D8EA
Serenity
ΔE 2.09 · LRV 67.5

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.86
All blue at PPG / Glidden →
1242-2
#C2D7E9
Touch Of Blue
ΔE 0.86 · LRV 66
1162-2
#C7D3E0
Stratosphere
ΔE 2.56 · LRV 64
1158-2
#C3D9E4
Magic Wand
ΔE 2.87 · LRV 67
1157-2
#C5D9E3
Blue Pearl
ΔE 2.88 · LRV 67
1156-2
#CAD7DE
Bit Of Heaven
ΔE 3.77 · LRV 66

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.31
All blue at Benjamin Moore →
814
#C0D7E8
Jet Stream
ΔE 1.31 · LRV
820
#C7D5E4
Misty Blue
ΔE 1.81 · LRV 66
CC-938
#C7D5E4
Ice Sculpture
ΔE 1.81 · LRV 66
807
#C1D7E4
Soft Sky
ΔE 2.09 · LRV 66
834
#C3D8E1
Bright and Early
ΔE 3.53 · LRV

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.09
All blue at Dunn-Edwards →
DE5876
#CDDCED
Alaskan Skies
ΔE 2.09 · LRV 70
DE5848
#C3DDEE
Island View
ΔE 2.37 · LRV 69
DE5799
#C7D7E0
Snow Lodge
ΔE 2.87 · LRV 66
DE5792
#C2D7DF
Falling Tears
ΔE 4.01 · LRV 65
DE5911
#D1D5E7
Chill in the Air
ΔE 6.85 · LRV 67

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.57
All blue at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6806
#CCDBE5
Rhythmic Blue
ΔE 2.57 · LRV 69
SW 6526
#CBD8E1
Icelandic
ΔE 3 · LRV 67
SW 9144
#C9D9E0
Moonmist
ΔE 3.79 · LRV 67
SW 6512
#C5D8DE
Balmy
ΔE 4.58 · LRV 66
SW 6505
#C2DAE0
Atmospheric
ΔE 5.49 · LRV 67

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.99
All blue at Clare →
PNT100-LT-56
#D2E4E8
Frozen
ΔE 5.99 · LRV 75
PNT100-LT-36
#C2DADD
Nairobi Blue
ΔE 6.83 · LRV 67
PNT100-LT-31
#CED0D3
Wink
ΔE 7.46 · LRV 63
PNT100-LT-07
#D6D7D2
Seize The Gray
ΔE 10.8 · LRV 68
PNT100-LT-18
#D8D3CD
Beigeing
ΔE 12.47 · LRV 66

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.96
All blue at Backdrop →
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 6.96 · LRV 51
BD-JA
#EFEDE3
Jane
ΔE 14.34 · LRV 86
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 16.88 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 19.35 · LRV 73
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 21.7 · LRV 60

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 7.55
All blue at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 235
#D5DBDB
Borrowed Light
ΔE 7.55 · LRV 70
NO. 205
#CCD0CD
Skylight
ΔE 9.38 · LRV 62
NO. 2011
#DDDBD9
Blackened
ΔE 10.29 · LRV 71
NO. 284
#D3CFCD
Worsted
ΔE 11.07 · LRV 63
NO. 277
#D9D8D3
Dimpse
ΔE 11.21 · LRV 69

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 8.89
All blue at Magnolia Home →
JG-74
#CCD0CE
Dark Moon
ΔE 8.89 · LRV 62
JG-98
#D4CDD0
In Bloom
ΔE 11.93 · LRV 62
JG-132
#DAD8D1
Yarn
ΔE 12.24 · LRV 69
JG-55
#D1D1C5
Stoneware Pieces
ΔE 14.07 · LRV 63
JG-67
#CDDAC9
Mineral Green
ΔE 15.28 · LRV 67

Similar Behr colors

closest in the Behr deck

The nearest shades to Celestial Light within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

HDC-CT-15
Summer Sky
LRV 68
600E-3
Icy Brook
LRV 67
MQ3-60
Blue Gossamer
LRV 65
S520-2
Journeys End
LRV 68
MQ3-53
Sky Light View
LRV 66
MQ3-57
Siberian Ice
LRV 67

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C5D8E8 in HSL space. Pair Celestial Light with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C5D8E8 + #E8D5C5
TRIADIC
#C5D8E8 · #E8C5D8 · #D8E8C5
ANALOGOUS
#C5E8E6 · #C5D8E8 · #C5C7E8

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.46:1 fail
Sample text on black
14.36:1 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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