Behr Confident White GR-W12

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What are Behr Confident White undertones?
Is Confident White GR-W12 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Confident White
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Confident White GR-W12
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	GR-W12
Name:	Confident White
Brand:	Behr

What color is Behr Confident White?

Behr Confident White GR-W12 is a light, softened off-white with a noticeable warm beige cast rather than a crisp, stark-white look. Its muted yellow-tan undertone gives the color a gently creamy appearance, especially in south-facing rooms or beside warm wood finishes. In cooler daylight, it can read as a quiet pale neutral with enough depth to stand apart from bright white trim. Use Confident White on living room or bedroom walls when you want a light backdrop that does not feel icy. It pairs naturally with oak, woven linen, aged brass, clay accents, and deeper brown or olive details.

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What are Behr Confident White undertones?

Confident White is a light, very muted cream. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow. 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:

#E4DFCE

RGB code:

228, 223, 206

Is Behr Confident White cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 46°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

GR-W12 Confident White HSL code: 46, 29%, 85%

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 Confident White

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:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Confident White:

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

GR-W12
Confident White

Darker shades

GR-W12
Confident White

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 Confident White with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 226, such as Behr Paparazzi Flash and Blue Aura.

GR-W12
Confident White

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LRV of Confident White

Confident White has an LRV of 73.34% and refers to Off‑White colors that reflect a lot of 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 73.34%, 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	#e4dfce
RGB Decimal	228, 223, 206
RGB Percent	89.41%, 87.45%, 80.78%
HSV	Hue: 46° Saturation: 9.65% Value: 89.41%
HSL	hsl(46, 29, 85)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.19 Yellow: 9.65 Key: 10.59
YIQ	Y: 222.557 I: 8.442 Q: -4.233
XYZ	X: 69.521 Y: 73.726 Z: 68.944
CIE Lab	L:88.793 a:-1.192 b:8.936
CIE Luv	L:88.793 u:3.859 v:13.512
Decimal	14999502
Hunter Lab	85.864, -5.737, 12.498