Behr Cocoa Craving N150-3
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| Code: | N150-3 |
| Name: | Cocoa Craving |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Cocoa Craving?
Behr Cocoa Craving N150-3 is a light, muted taupe with a noticeable rosy-beige cast. Its softened gray influence keeps the color from reading overly pink or tan, giving it a calm, gently weathered appearance. In bright daylight, this shade can look more like a pale warm greige, while lower or warmer light draws out its dusty blush undertone. It suits bedroom, living room, and hallway walls where a subtle amount of warmth is wanted without a strong color statement. Pair Cocoa Craving with creamy off-whites, charcoal accents, natural oak, linen, and aged brass for a grounded interior palette.
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What are Behr Cocoa Craving undertones?
Cocoa Craving is a mid-light, very muted muted taupe. The HEX sample has a subtle red bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear red. 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:
185, 163, 154
Is Behr Cocoa Craving cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 17°, this Pink reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
N150-3 Cocoa Craving HSL code: 17, 18%, 66%
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 Cocoa Craving
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 Pink shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Cocoa Craving:
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
N150-3
Cocoa Craving
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 Cocoa Craving with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 197, such as Behr Oceanic Climate and Nor'Wester.
LRV of Cocoa Craving
Cocoa Craving has an LRV of 39.56% 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 39.56%, 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 | #b9a39a |
| RGB Decimal | 185, 163, 154 |
| RGB Percent | 72.55%, 63.92%, 60.39% |
| HSV | Hue: 17° Saturation: 16.76% Value: 72.55% |
| HSL | hsl(17, 18, 66) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 11.89 Yellow: 16.76 Key: 27.45 |
| YIQ | Y: 168.552 I: 16.002 Q: 1.853 |
| XYZ | X: 38.937 Y: 38.843 Z: 36.009 |
| CIE Lab | L:68.637 a:6.529 b:7.618 |
| CIE Luv | L:68.637 u:13.945 v:9.641 |
| Decimal | 12166042 |
| Hunter Lab | 62.324, 2.451, 9.37 |
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