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Cool Beige

Sherwin-Williams 9086

HEX
#C6B5A7
RGB
198, 181, 167
LAB
74.7, 3.7, 9.3
LRV
≈ 48
Family
Beige, warm
Nearest RAL
7044 Silk Grey
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With an LRV of about 48, Cool Beige 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. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Cool Beige in other brands

  • Friendly Pink Jotun 20185 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Secret Passage Berger Paints 8T2559 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Maloolabar Dulux Australia S10C2 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
  • Beige Rage Asian Paints 8770 Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Humble Pie Nippon Paint NP N 3180P Beige Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Beach Party Kelly-Moore KM4196-1 Beige Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

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 Cool Beige warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 9.3 and a value of 3.7 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Jotun color to Cool Beige?

Friendly Pink (20185), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Cool Beige?

≈ 48. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.