Calamities
1315 · #CECDD2 · LRV 61 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Stardew43
- 2Smoke56
- 3Calamities61
- 4Wickham Gray68
- 5Spring Thaw83
What Color Is Calamities, Really?
Calamities reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Kompozit 1315 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Calamities
Calamities 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 Calamities
At LRV 61, Calamities is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Because it carries almost no measurable hue, it stays a true neutral and pairs cleanly with nearly any trim or floor. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Calamities 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 Kompozit 1315 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 | North StarSW 6246 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.3 | 62 | Color page → |
| Behr | Moonlit SnowMQ3-61 · Behr | 2.0 | 62 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Sidewalk Gray2133-60 · Benjamin Moore | 2.9 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | El NiñoM210 · Valspar | 1.0 | 61.4 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Jam SessionPPG1172-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.8 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Fine Silver30BB 62/004 · Glidden | 1.1 | 62 | Color page → |
Similar Kompozit Colors
The nearest shades to Calamities within Kompozit'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 #CECDD2 in HSL space. Pair Calamities with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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