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Sky Color Palette — Storm Light

A soft five-color sky scheme of pale blue and cloud white warmed by dawn pink and dusk lavender, with a slate anchor — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

Pale Sky Blue
Dominant
Kompozit Simple Serenity · 0614
#C8D9E5
LRV 68
Cloud White
Base
Kompozit White Shoulders · 1265
#F1F0EC
LRV 87
Dawn Pink
Secondary
Kompozit Pout · 0125
#E4CCC3
LRV 64
Dusk Lavender
Support
Kompozit Collensia · 1281
#BDB7CD
LRV 49
Slate Storm
Accent
Kompozit Greybeard · 0528
#626869
LRV 14
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There is a moment just before a storm clears when the sky goes soft and silvered, and that is the feeling I built this scheme around. Pale Sky Blue leads, light and a little hazy, the kind of blue that shifts with the weather outside your window.

Cloud White keeps everything open and breathing, while Dawn Pink and Dusk Lavender warm the cool from the inside out. These two are the quiet heroes of 2026 palettes, the gentle muted tones that make a cool color feel tender instead of chilly.

Then Slate Storm steps in to ground it all. Used in small doses on a door, a window frame, a single piece of furniture, it gives this airy sky scheme weight and keeps it from drifting away.

Buy These Colors

Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Kompozit first; take any SKU to the store — these mix on demand.

Pale Sky Blue
#C5D6E0 · LRV 65 · Dominant
Kompozit Simple Serenity · 0614 ΔE 1.18
Backdrop Real Real · BD-RR ΔE 14.49
Behr Sky Light View · MQ3-53 ΔE 1.78
Benjamin Moore Bright and Early · 834 ΔE 1.71
Clare Nairobi Blue · PNT100-LT-36 ΔE 4.85
Dunn-Edwards Snow Lodge · DE5799 ΔE 0.54
Farrow & Ball Skylight · No. 205 ΔE 7.22
Magnolia Home Dark Moon · JG-74 ΔE 6.8
PPG / Glidden Blue Pearl · 1157-2 ΔE 1.22
Sherwin-Williams Balmy · SW 6512 ΔE 2.32
Valspar Blue Raindrop · 4005-5A ΔE 0.75
Cloud White
#F3F0EA · LRV 87 · Base
Kompozit White Shoulders · 1265 ΔE 1.19
Backdrop Tabula Rasa · BD-TR ΔE 2.5
Behr Nano White · HDC-MD-06 ΔE 0.99
Benjamin Moore Gardenia · AF-10 ΔE 0.48
Clare Wing It · PNT100-LT-24 ΔE 2.34
Dunn-Edwards Latte Froth · DE6239 ΔE 0.95
Farrow & Ball Wimborne White · No. 239 ΔE 2.28
Magnolia Home Silos White · JG-107 ΔE 0.84
PPG / Glidden Crumb Cookie · 18-01 ΔE 2.06
Sherwin-Williams Arcade White · SW 7100 ΔE 1.02
Valspar Du Jour · 7002-6 ΔE 0.56
Dawn Pink
#E7CFC9 · LRV 66 · Secondary
Kompozit Pout · 0125 ΔE 1.62
Backdrop August · BD-AU ΔE 4.99
Behr Soft Shoe · MQ3-37 ΔE 4.42
Benjamin Moore Rose Accent · 1177 ΔE 2.07
Clare Neutral Territory · PNT100-LT-20 ΔE 7.17
Dunn-Edwards Pale Berries · DE6051 ΔE 1.08
Farrow & Ball Calamine · No. 230 ΔE 1.16
Magnolia Home Ella Rose · JG-24 ΔE 3.55
PPG / Glidden Honeysweet · 1065-3 ΔE 0.73
Sherwin-Williams Rosy Outlook · SW 6316 ΔE 2.46
Valspar Tender Shell · 1006-10C ΔE 2.42
Dusk Lavender
#BFB6C9 · LRV 49 · Support
Kompozit Collensia · 1281 ΔE 1.62
Backdrop Lost in the 80s · BD-LO ΔE 17.67
Behr Aster · PPU16-09 ΔE 3.86
Benjamin Moore African Violet · 2116-50 ΔE 3.38
Clare Cloud Watching · PNT100-MD-73 ΔE 13.29
Dunn-Edwards Winter Dusk · DE5933 ΔE 3.91
Farrow & Ball Parma Gray · No. 27 ΔE 13.37
Magnolia Home Day-to-day · JG-123 ΔE 12.75
PPG / Glidden Wild Lilac · 1175-4 ΔE 1.46
Sherwin-Williams Wisteria · SW 6822 ΔE 4.5
Valspar Pocketful of Posies · 8003-1B ΔE 3.38
Slate Storm
#5A6670 · LRV 13 · Accent
Kompozit Greybeard · 0528 ΔE 4.93
Backdrop Mom Jeans · BD-MJ ΔE 4.09
Behr Rush Hour · MQ5-25 ΔE 3.69
Benjamin Moore Powell Gray · CW-665 ΔE 1.56
Clare Nearly Navy · PNT100-DP-65 ΔE 7.35
Dunn-Edwards Pencil Lead · DE5922 ΔE 6.07
Farrow & Ball Inchyra Blue · No. 289 ΔE 5.7
Magnolia Home Texas Storm · JG-142 ΔE 5.19
PPG / Glidden Blue Zephyr · 1042-6 ΔE 3.4
Sherwin-Williams Needlepoint Navy · SW 32 ΔE 2.49
Valspar Crucible · 4006-2B ΔE 2.27

Questions

How do I keep a sky palette from feeling cold?

The warm tones do that work. Dawn Pink and a touch of Dusk Lavender thread real warmth through the cool blue, so the room reads soft and lived-in rather than clinical. Save Cloud White for trim and ceilings to hold the light open.

Which color should I use the most?

Lead with Pale Sky Blue on the main walls and let Cloud White carry the rest of the surfaces. Bring in Dawn Pink and Dusk Lavender through textiles and smaller moments, then use Slate Storm sparingly on a door or frame to give the eye somewhere to land.

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