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Kompozit Water Droplet#BDC9CE · LRV 57

Water Droplet reads as a blue-green / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Kompozit 0503 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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KOMPOZIT WATER DROPLET
RGB 189, 201, 206 LRV 57

Color spec

Brand Kompozit
Name Water Droplet
SKU 0503
Hex #BDC9CE
RGB 189, 201, 206
HSL 198°, 15%, 77%
LRV 57
Undertone blue-green / cool
Family Gray

About Kompozit Water Droplet

At LRV 57, Water Droplet is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its teal 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.

Water Droplet 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.

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Water Droplet
SKU 0503 · #BDC9CE · LRV 57
ΔE 0 (imperceptible)
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Closest matches at every US brand

10 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all gray from that brand.

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.72
All gray at Behr →
MQ3-58
#BFCBD1
Alice White
ΔE 0.72 · LRV 58
N530-3
#BDCCD1
High Speed Access
ΔE 1.33 · LRV 59
PPU12-10
#BCC6C7
Misty Morn
ΔE 2.1 · LRV 55
MQ3-54
#B6CACC
Dayflower
ΔE 3.82 · LRV 57
MQ5-18
#C4C8D0
Paparazzi Flash
ΔE 4.37 · LRV 58

Benjamin Moore

3,934 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.12
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
1626
#C0CACD
Gentle Gray
ΔE 1.12 · LRV 57
2130-60
#C1CAD1
Iced Slate
ΔE 1.95 · LRV 58
2122-40
#BAC8C9
Smoke
ΔE 2.49 · LRV 56
2132-60
#C3C9CD
Metallic Silver
ΔE 2.5 · LRV 57
2121-40
#C3C8CB
Porringer Gray
ΔE 2.89 · LRV 57

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.49
All gray at Valspar →
4008-3B
#B7C5CC
Lighthouse Shadows
ΔE 1.49 · LRV 54.6
8004-37B
#BFCBCD
Milky Way
ΔE 1.61 · LRV 58
4006-3A
#BACCD6
Silver Dusk
ΔE 2.67 · LRV 58.4
8004-35B
#B9C8C9
Degas Blue
ΔE 2.74 · LRV 56
4005-1B
#C3C6C7
Gravity
ΔE 3.91 · LRV 56.3

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.54
All gray at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 6239
#BFC9D0
Upward
ΔE 1.54 · LRV 57
SW 6225
#BCCBCE
Sleepy Blue
ΔE 1.85 · LRV 58
SW 9145
#B7C9D1
Sleepy Hollow
ΔE 2.24 · LRV 56
SW 6534
#BBC7D2
Icy
ΔE 2.97 · LRV 56
SW 7071
#C6CACA
Gray Screen
ΔE 3.73 · LRV 59

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.54
All gray at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6331
#BFC9D0
Bay of Hope
ΔE 1.54 · LRV 57
DE6360
#C0C3C4
Foil
ΔE 4.05 · LRV 54
DE6374
#C6C6C6
Silver Polish
ΔE 5.35 · LRV 56
DEC790
#CAC7C4
Ice Gray
ΔE 7.14 · LRV 57
DE6387
#CBC5C6
Dangerous Robot
ΔE 8.72 · LRV 57

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.29
All gray at PPG / Glidden →
1041-4
#BCC5CF
Blue Dolphin
ΔE 3.29 · LRV 55
1034-4
#B5C8C9
Misty Surf
ΔE 3.92 · LRV 55
1165-3
#BFC7D4
Northern Exposure
ΔE 4.83 · LRV 57
1009-3
#C4C7C4
Solitary State
ΔE 4.99 · LRV 57
10-08
#BFC8C3
Gale Force
ΔE 5.06 · LRV 56

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.75
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-83
#C1C5C5
Loft
ΔE 3.75 · LRV 55
JG-93
#C1C6CE
Cement Pots
ΔE 3.93 · LRV 56
JG-88
#AFCACD
Vibrant Horizon
ΔE 5.76 · LRV 56
JG-76
#AEC8CA
It Is Well
ΔE 5.77 · LRV 55
JG-12
#C5C9C2
Wedding Band
ΔE 6.41 · LRV 58

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.81
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-LT-37
#B1C6CA
Summer Friday
ΔE 3.81 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-10
#C1CAC5
Grayish
ΔE 5.05 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-09
#C1C3C0
Motor City
ΔE 5.42 · LRV 54
PNT100-LT-35
#B9CDC8
Views
ΔE 6.48 · LRV 58
PNT100-LT-08
#CBCBC5
Windy City
ΔE 6.94 · LRV 59

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.12
All gray at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 205
#CCD0CD
Skylight
ΔE 5.12 · LRV 62
NO. 236
#C0CDC2
Teresa's Green
ΔE 8.06 · LRV 59
NO. 270
#CCC8CE
Calluna
ΔE 8.08 · LRV 59
NO. 242
#C8C3BC
Pavilion Gray
ΔE 8.76 · LRV 55
NO. 228
#D1CBC3
Cornforth White
ΔE 9.33 · LRV 60

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.81
All gray at Backdrop →
BD-UD
#A4B5BB
Underdog
ΔE 5.81 · LRV 41
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 6.65 · LRV 51
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 12.06 · LRV 65
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 17.83 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 21.95 · LRV 53

Similar Kompozit colors

closest in the Kompozit deck

The nearest shades to Water Droplet within Kompozit's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

0510
Sacred Spring
LRV 59
0623
Pompeii Ruins
LRV 55
0546
Paternoster
LRV 57
0630
Star Mist
LRV 54
0488
Luna Light
LRV 60
0497
Restful Retreat
LRV 54

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #BDC9CE in HSL space. Pair Water Droplet with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#BDC9CE + #CEC2BD
TRIADIC
#BDC9CE · #CEBDC9 · #C9CEBD
ANALOGOUS
#BDCECB · #BDC9CE · #BDC0CE

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.69:1 fail
Sample text on black
12.41:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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