Pageant Song
PPG1163-3 · #B6C2D1 · LRV 53 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Williamsburg Wedgwood Blue28
- 2Resolute Blue40
- 3Pageant Song53
- 4Honolulu Blue62
- 5After Rain68
What Color Is Pageant Song, Really?
Pageant Song reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1163-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pageant Song
Pageant Song 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 Pageant Song
At LRV 53, Pageant Song 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 Pageant Song 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 PPG / Glidden PPG1163-3 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 | DaydreamSW 6541 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.7 | 54 | Color page → |
| Behr | Sweet JulietPPU15-15 · Behr | 3.4 | 52 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Airway828 · Benjamin Moore | 1.9 | 55 | Color page → |
| Valspar | OffshoreT631 · Valspar | 1.6 | 52.1 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Pageant SongPPG1163-3 · Glidden | 0.8 | 54 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Polished Purple241-2DB · Dutch Boy | 3.8 | 52 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Pageant Song within PPG / Glidden'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 #B6C2D1 in HSL space. Pair Pageant Song with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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