Empress Lila
0636 · #C4DEED · LRV 70 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Honolulu Blue62
- 3Empress Lila70
- 4Pacific Panorama76
- 5Icy Bay83
What Color Is Empress Lila, Really?
Empress Lila reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Kompozit 0636 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Empress Lila
Empress Lila 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 Empress Lila
At LRV 70, Empress Lila 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 Empress Lila 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 0636 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 | SoarSW 6799 · Sherwin-Williams | 3.0 | 70 | Color page → |
| Behr | After RainM520-2 · Behr | 0.7 | 68 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Blue Allure771 · Benjamin Moore | 4.0 | 70 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Summer Breeze4008-7A · Valspar | 1.8 | 70.7 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Vitamin SeaPPG1241-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.9 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Clear Blue Sky70BG 70/131 · Glidden | 1.2 | 70 | Color page → |
Similar Kompozit Colors
The nearest shades to Empress Lila 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 #C4DEED in HSL space. Pair Empress Lila with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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