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Dulux Light Charcoal for bathroom (5 photos)
Dulux Light Charcoal reviews (4 photos)
What are Dulux Light Charcoal undertones?
Is Light Charcoal 88BG 62/005 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Light Charcoal
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Light Charcoal 88BG 62/005
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	88BG 62/005
Name:	Light Charcoal
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Light Charcoal?

Dulux Light Charcoal 88BG 62/005 is a pale, low-saturation grey with a clean, lightly cool cast. Its high lightness keeps it from reading as a heavy charcoal, instead giving walls a soft mineral-grey appearance. In bright daylight, it can look close to a muted silver-grey, while lower or warmer artificial light may bring out its gentle neutral softness. Use it across living-room or bedroom walls when you want definition without a dark backdrop. Light Charcoal pairs well with crisp white trim, black metal details, pale oak, concrete, and blue-grey textiles.

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What are Dulux Light Charcoal undertones?

Light Charcoal is a light, near-neutral light gray. Its chroma is so low that assigning a specific hue-based undertone would be misleading. Because it is close to neutral, nearby surfaces and the color of the light can noticeably change how warm or cool it appears.

HEX value:

#CBCCCB

RGB code:

203, 204, 203

Is Dulux Light Charcoal cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 120°, this Grey leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.

88BG 62/005 Light Charcoal HSL code: 120, 1%, 80%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Light Charcoal

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Grey shade looks under different lighting:

2000K

3000K

4000K

5000K

6000K

7000K

Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Light Charcoal:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

88BG 62/005
Light Charcoal

Darker shades

88BG 62/005
Light Charcoal

Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Light Charcoal with a yellow hue, complementary colors are those with a purple hue close to 300, such as Dulux Purple Sage 5 and Himalayan Musk 2.

88BG 62/005
Light Charcoal

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LRV of Light Charcoal

Light Charcoal has an LRV of 60.02% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 60.02%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft² living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#cbcccb
RGB Decimal	203, 204, 203
RGB Percent	79.61%, 80.00%, 79.61%
HSV	Hue: 120° Saturation: 0.49% Value: 80.0%
HSL	hsl(120, 1, 80)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.49 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 0.49 Key: 20.0
YIQ	Y: 203.587 I: -0.275 Q: -0.523
XYZ	X: 56.998 Y: 60.194 Z: 65.1
CIE Lab	L:81.944 a:-0.528 b:0.38
CIE Luv	L:81.944 u:-0.51 v:0.665
Decimal	13356235
Hunter Lab	77.585, -4.637, 4.561