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Armadillo

Behr N230-3

HEX
#C8B9AB
RGB
200, 185, 171
LAB
76.0, 3.0, 9.0
LRV
≈ 50
Family
Beige, warm
Nearest RAL
7044 Silk Grey
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With an LRV of about 50, Armadillo is a mid tone: it absorbs more light than it reflects, so it reads deeper on a large wall than on the chip. It suits accent walls and well-lit rooms. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Armadillo in other brands

  • A3500M Crown Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
  • Maloolabar Dulux Australia S10C2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Cookie Dough Asian Paints 8762 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Beige Rage Vista K-1189 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Soft Skin Jotun 10580 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Clean Sweep Valspar 2007-10B Beige Very close ΔE 0.8

Lighter and darker in Behr

How it looks with color blindness

  • Deuteranopia Reads as beige
  • Protanopia Reads as beige
  • Tritanopia Reads as pink
  • Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

  • Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns orange
  • Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Armadillo warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 9.0 and a value of 3.0 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Crown color to Armadillo?

A3500M (Crown), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Armadillo?

≈ 50. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.