Summer Shower
Summer Shower is a versatile and reflective Blue from Benjamin Moore. Our real-world data shows it is a primary choice when homeowners need to provide a clean, timeless feel that works across various lighting conditions. Below, you'll find 4 examples of this shade in actual homes along with suggested color relationships.
Hex
#CEDDDF
LRV
69.43
Summer Shower in Real Rooms
Summer Shower has a high LRV of 69.43 — it reflects a lot of light and will read pale and airy in most spaces. It's neutral in temperature, making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Blue family, the photos below show it applied in a home office and living room.
1 Home Office Photo
The psychology of home office color matters more than most people acknowledge. Summer Shower is calm without being inert — it creates the kind of visual quiet that supports sustained focus. Lean into darker wood tones; avoid white furniture, which will compete for attention.
Home office walls in Summer Shower create a calm workspace.
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3 Living Room Photos
Few colors transition as gracefully from day to evening as Summer Shower. In natural light, it reads clean, grounded, and modern; by candlelight or lamp, it deepens into something much more soulful. For a living room that needs to function as a bright morning coffee spot and a moody evening lounge, that tonal range is an invaluable asset.
Hallway painted Summer Shower guides light through living spaces.
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Summer Shower walls bring cool tranquility throughout the home.
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Serene Summer Shower paint connects rooms with soft color.
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Coordinating Colors
A 11-point LRV gap (80 vs 69) makes Cloud Cover the marginally brighter of the two.
Summer Shower reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 43), opening up a space where Spring Violet encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 69, Snowfall White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 46, Summer Shower is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Summer Shower reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Polar Ice the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 69 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Summer Shower reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 22), opening up a space where Quietly Violet encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 12, Summer Shower is decisively the brighter choice.
Summer Shower reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (72 vs 69) makes Antique Pearl the marginally brighter of the two.
Summer Shower reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 6), opening up a space where Night Shade encloses it.
Summer Shower reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 8), opening up a space where Brownstone encloses it.
Summer Shower reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 29), opening up a space where Studio Clay encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Constellation reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (74 vs 69) makes Polar Ice the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
Summer Shower reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Summer Shower reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 51), opening up a space where Paradiso encloses it.
Summer Shower reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 55), opening up a space where Blue Porcelain encloses it.
At LRV 69 vs 45, Summer Shower is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 69 vs 53, Summer Shower is decisively the brighter choice.