Pompeii Ruins
0623 · #B8C8D4 · LRV 56 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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- 2Quietude48
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- 4Sea Salt63
- 5Wickham Gray68
What Color Is Pompeii Ruins, Really?
Pompeii Ruins reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Diamond Vogel 0623 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pompeii Ruins
Pompeii Ruins 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. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Pompeii Ruins
At LRV 56, Pompeii Ruins 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 Pompeii Ruins 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 Diamond Vogel 0623 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 | IcySW 6534 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.4 | 56 | Color page → |
| Behr | Journeys EndS520-2 · Behr | 0.5 | 57 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | InstinctAF-575 · Benjamin Moore | 1.9 | 55 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Snow Flurries8004-44B · Valspar | 3.0 | 58 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Blue DolphinPPG1041-4 · PPG / Glidden | 2.6 | 55 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Island Morning Blue90BG 56/106 · Glidden | 1.6 | 56 | Color page → |
Similar Diamond Vogel Colors
The nearest shades to Pompeii Ruins within Diamond Vogel'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 #B8C8D4 in HSL space. Pair Pompeii Ruins with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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