Behr Caffeine N210-5
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- Caffeine for living room (3 photos)
- Behr Caffeine reviews (2 photos)
- What are Behr Caffeine undertones?
- Is Caffeine N210-5 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Caffeine
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Caffeine N210-5
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Code: | N210-5 |
| Name: | Caffeine |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Caffeine?
Behr Caffeine N210-5 is a muted mid-tone brown with a noticeable gray cast, giving it the look of softened taupe rather than a rich chocolate. Its low-saturation finish keeps the color grounded and earthy, with subtle warmth from its brown base. In bright daylight, it can read as a dusty greige-brown, while lower or warmer lighting brings out its deeper, slightly cocoa-like character. Use Caffeine on living room walls, a study, or exterior trim where a substantial neutral is wanted without going nearly black. It pairs naturally with creamy off-whites, charcoal accents, weathered wood, black metal, and muted olive textiles.
Caffeine for living room (3 photos)
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Behr Caffeine reviews (2 photos)
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What are Behr Caffeine undertones?
Caffeine is a midtone, muted earthy, slightly muddy brown. The HEX sample leans orange; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.
HEX value:
RGB code:
138, 121, 106
Is Behr Caffeine cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 28°, this brown reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
N210-5 Caffeine HSL code: 28, 13%, 48%
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 Caffeine
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
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 brown shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Caffeine:
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
N210-5
Caffeine
Darker shades
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 Caffeine with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 208, such as Behr Nor'Wester and Absolute Zero.
LRV of Caffeine
Caffeine has an LRV of 20.46% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of light. Why LRV is important?
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 20.46%, 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
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| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #8a796a |
| RGB Decimal | 138, 121, 106 |
| RGB Percent | 54.12%, 47.45%, 41.57% |
| HSV | Hue: 28° Saturation: 23.19% Value: 54.12% |
| HSL | hsl(28, 13, 48) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 12.32 Yellow: 23.19 Key: 45.88 |
| YIQ | Y: 124.373 I: 14.95 Q: -1.072 |
| XYZ | X: 19.92 Y: 20.119 Z: 16.466 |
| CIE Lab | L:51.972 a:4.016 b:10.638 |
| CIE Luv | L:51.972 u:11.398 v:13.237 |
| Decimal | 9075050 |
| Hunter Lab | 44.854, 0.777, 9.633 |
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