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Washed Olive

Behr S350-3

HEX
#C5C0A3
RGB
197, 192, 163
LAB
77.4, -3.1, 15.3
LRV
≈ 52
Family
Beige, warm
Nearest RAL
7032 Pebble Grey
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With an LRV of about 52, Washed Olive 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.

Washed Olive in other brands

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 yellow
  • Neutral, 4000 K Turns yellow
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Washed Olive warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 15.3 and a value of -3.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest PPG color to Washed Olive?

Northern Landscape (11-22), at ΔE 0.6. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Washed Olive?

≈ 52. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.