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Even Better Beige

Behr DC-010

HEX
#D4CABA
RGB
212, 202, 186
LAB
81.7, 0.8, 9.2
LRV
≈ 60
Family
Beige, warm
Nearest RAL
1013 Oyster White
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With an LRV of about 60, Even Better Beige reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Even Better Beige in other brands

  • Desert Mirage Vista C-230 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Fossil Kelly-Moore KM4599-2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
  • Desert Palm Asian Paints 8467 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Mason Bay Dulux Australia NZ9D2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Biege Plascon UTX3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Sourdough Johnstone's 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 light gray
  • 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 Even Better Beige warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 9.2 and a value of 0.8 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Vista color to Even Better Beige?

Desert Mirage (C-230), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Even Better Beige?

≈ 60. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.