Summer Day
CC-786 · #97C3DF · LRV 51 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Wolf Gray21
- 2Resolute Blue40
- 3Summer Day51
- 4Honolulu Blue62
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is Summer Day, Really?
Summer Day reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore CC-786 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Summer Day
Summer Day 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.
How Lighting Changes Summer Day
At LRV 51, Summer Day 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.
Most complaints about Summer Day are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Benjamin Moore CC-786 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Porch CeilingSW 9063 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.7 | 53 | Color page → |
| Behr | Charismatic SkyM520-3 · Behr | 1.1 | 50 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Patrick's Perfect DayV071-2 · Valspar | 0.5 | 50.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Viva La BleuPPG1242-3 · PPG / Glidden | 3.4 | 49 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Blue Collar09BB 51/218 · Glidden | 4.4 | 51 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Twinkle138-5DB · Dutch Boy | 1.6 | 49 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Summer Day within Benjamin Moore's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #97C3DF in HSL space. Pair Summer Day with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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