Cool Elegance
0517 · #CFCFD0 · LRV 62 — neutral with no strong undertone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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- 2Upward57
- 3Cool Elegance62
- 4Wickham Gray68
- 5Spring Thaw83
What Color Is Cool Elegance, Really?
Cool Elegance reads as a neutral with no strong undertone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Kompozit 0517 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cool Elegance
Cool Elegance 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 Cool Elegance
At LRV 62, Cool Elegance 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 Cool Elegance 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 0517 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 | 2.8 | 62 | Color page → |
| Behr | OperaN570-1 · Behr | 2.0 | 63 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Violet Pearl1451 · Benjamin Moore | 2.0 | 63 | Color page → |
| Valspar | ApolloV124-2 · Valspar | 1.9 | 62.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Allegheny RiverPPG0997-1 · PPG / Glidden | 2.1 | 62 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Universal Grey00NN 62/000 · Glidden | 0.9 | 62 | Color page → |
Similar Kompozit Colors
The nearest shades to Cool Elegance 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 #CFCFD0 in HSL space. Pair Cool Elegance with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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