Behr Cilantro Cream PPU9-18
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| Code: | PPU9-18 |
| Name: | Cilantro Cream |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Cilantro Cream?
Behr Cilantro Cream PPU9-18 is a light, muted beige with a noticeable yellow-gray cast and a soft olive undertone. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overly creamy, giving walls a quietly earthy look rather than a bright neutral finish. In sunny rooms, it can appear warmer and more parchment-like; under cooler artificial light, the gray-green influence becomes easier to see. Use it on living room, hallway, or bedroom walls with warm white trim, natural oak, woven fibers, and aged brass. Deep olive, charcoal, clay brown, and dusty blue accents provide grounded contrast without fighting this shade’s subdued character.
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What are Behr Cilantro Cream undertones?
Cilantro Cream is a light, muted straw yellow. The HEX sample leans yellow; 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:
206, 203, 174
Is Behr Cilantro Cream cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 54°, this Green reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
PPU9-18 Cilantro Cream HSL code: 54, 25%, 75%
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 Cilantro Cream
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 Green shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Cilantro Cream:
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
PPU9-18
Cilantro Cream
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 Cilantro Cream with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 234, such as Behr Blue Aura and Camelot.
LRV of Cilantro Cream
Cilantro Cream has an LRV of 58.07% 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 58.07%, 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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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #cecbae |
| RGB Decimal | 206, 203, 174 |
| RGB Percent | 80.78%, 79.61%, 68.24% |
| HSV | Hue: 54° Saturation: 15.53% Value: 80.78% |
| HSL | hsl(54, 25, 75) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.46 Yellow: 15.53 Key: 19.22 |
| YIQ | Y: 200.591 I: 11.107 Q: -8.39 |
| XYZ | X: 54.448 Y: 58.89 Z: 48.532 |
| CIE Lab | L:81.231 a:-3.842 b:14.865 |
| CIE Luv | L:81.231 u:3.367 v:22.047 |
| Decimal | 13552558 |
| Hunter Lab | 76.74, -7.646, 16.222 |
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