Behr Castle Beige N230-1
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| Code: | N230-1 |
| Name: | Castle Beige |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Castle Beige?
Behr Castle Beige N230-1 is a pale, softly warm beige with a faint rosy-taupe cast that keeps it from reading flat or yellow. Its light value makes it a useful wall color for smaller bedrooms, hallways, or living areas that need a little warmth without a noticeably dark backdrop. In bright daylight, Castle Beige appears airy and lightly creamy; under warm lamps, its beige and muted blush notes become more apparent. Pair it with off-white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, and aged brass for a quiet layered look. Deep charcoal, olive green, or earthy terracotta accents can give this shade more definition without overwhelming it.
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What are Behr Castle Beige undertones?
Castle Beige is a light, very muted sandy beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. 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:
224, 213, 202
Is Behr Castle Beige cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 30°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
N230-1 Castle Beige HSL code: 30, 26%, 84%
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 Castle Beige
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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Castle Beige:
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
N230-1
Castle Beige
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 Castle Beige with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 210, such as Behr Nor'Wester and Absolute Zero.
LRV of Castle Beige
Castle Beige has an LRV of 67.86% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident 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 67.86%, 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 | #e0d5ca |
| RGB Decimal | 224, 213, 202 |
| RGB Percent | 87.84%, 83.53%, 79.22% |
| HSV | Hue: 30° Saturation: 9.82% Value: 87.84% |
| HSL | hsl(30, 26, 84) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.91 Yellow: 9.82 Key: 12.16 |
| YIQ | Y: 215.035 I: 10.09 Q: -1.096 |
| XYZ | X: 65.193 Y: 67.701 Z: 65.494 |
| CIE Lab | L:85.857 a:1.915 b:6.787 |
| CIE Luv | L:85.857 u:7.074 v:9.747 |
| Decimal | 14734794 |
| Hunter Lab | 82.281, -2.56, 10.402 |
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