Pompeii Ruins
0623 · #B5C7D4 · LRV 55 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Williamsburg Wedgwood Blue28
- 2Resolute Blue40
- 3Pompeii Ruins55
- 4Honolulu Blue62
- 5After Rain68
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 Kompozit 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. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.
How Lighting Changes Pompeii Ruins
At LRV 55, 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 Kompozit 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 | Honest BlueSW 6520 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.4 | 55 | Color page → |
| Behr | English HollyhockHDC-CT-16A · Behr | 1.0 | 56 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Airway828 · Benjamin Moore | 2.5 | 55 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Lighthouse Shadows4008-3B · Valspar | 2.6 | 54.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Blue DolphinPPG1041-4 · PPG / Glidden | 3.3 | 55 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Island Morning Blue90BG 56/106 · Glidden | 1.4 | 56 | Color page → |
Similar Kompozit Colors
The nearest shades to Pompeii Ruins 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 #B5C7D4 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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