Benjamin Moore Cool Breeze CSP-665

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What are Benjamin Moore Cool Breeze undertones?
Is Cool Breeze CSP-665 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Cool Breeze
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Cool Breeze CSP-665
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Cool Breeze CSP-665
Code:	CSP-665
Name:	Cool Breeze
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Cool Breeze?

Benjamin Moore Cool Breeze CSP-665 is a light, muted gray-green with a soft cool cast and very low saturation. Its pale value keeps it airy on broad walls, while the slight green note prevents it from reading like a plain neutral gray. In daylight, Cool Breeze can look cleaner and a touch fresher; under warm lamps, it may settle into a gentler, more subdued gray-green. It suits bedrooms, bathrooms, and quiet living areas, especially alongside warm white trim, pale oak, linen, and brushed nickel. For contrast, pair this shade with deeper charcoal, forest green, or matte black details.

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What are Benjamin Moore Cool Breeze undertones?

Cool Breeze is a light, very muted pale sage. The HEX sample has a subtle green bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear green. Warm light can make it look more olive and earthy, while cool daylight usually makes the green direction easier to notice.

HEX value:

#CBD3CC

RGB code:

203, 211, 204

Is Benjamin Moore Cool Breeze cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 128°, this Blue leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.

CSP-665 Cool Breeze HSL code: 128, 8%, 81%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Cool Breeze

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

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Sunset

In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Blue shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Cool Breeze:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Darker shades

CSP-665
Cool Breeze

Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Cool Breeze with a yellow hue, complementary colors are those with a purple hue close to 308, such as Benjamin Moore Iris Bliss and Grappa.

CSP-665
Cool Breeze

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LRV of Cool Breeze

Cool Breeze has an LRV of 63.28% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 63.28%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft² living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#CBD3CC
RGB Decimal	203, 211, 204
RGB Percent	79.61%, 82.75%, 80.00%
HSV	Hue: 128° Saturation: 3.79% Value: 82.75%
HSL	hsl(128, 8, 81)
CMYK	Cyan: 3.79 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 3.32 Key: 17.25
YIQ	Y: 207.81 I: -2.518 Q: -3.871
XYZ	X: 58.819 Y: 63.644 Z: 66.296
CIE Lab	L:83.78 a:-4.002 b:2.521
CIE Luv	L:83.78 u:-4.114 v:4.493
Decimal	13358028
Hunter Lab	79.777, -8.004, 6.573