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Wheat Bread

Behr 720C-3

HEX
#CDC4B7
RGB
205, 196, 183
LAB
79.5, 0.9, 7.6
LRV
≈ 56
Family
Light Gray, warm
Nearest RAL
9002 Grey White
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With an LRV of about 56, Wheat Bread 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.

Wheat Bread in other brands

  • Seashell Jotun 2499 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.3
  • Faux Pas Tikkurila Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Rolling Stone Kelly-Moore KM574-M Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
  • Torere Dulux Australia NZ9F9 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
  • In The Buff Johnstone's Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Great Gray Glidden PPG15-28 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Behr

How it looks with color blindness

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

Under different light

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

Questions

Is Wheat Bread warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 7.6 and a value of 0.9 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Jotun color to Wheat Bread?

Seashell (2499), at ΔE 0.3. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Wheat Bread?

≈ 56. Behr does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.