Behr Cool Ashes N520-4
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| Code: | N520-4 |
| Name: | Cool Ashes |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Cool Ashes?
Behr Cool Ashes N520-4 is a muted medium gray with an almost perfectly neutral cast. Its low-saturation appearance keeps it from looking icy or overly warm, giving walls a steady, grounded presence. In bright daylight, this color reads as a clean, straightforward gray, while lower light can make it appear a little deeper and softer. Use it on living room, bedroom, or hallway walls with crisp white trim, charcoal details, black metal, or natural wood finishes. It can also suit cabinetry or exterior siding when paired with lighter gray or off-white architectural elements.
Cool Ashes for bedroom (3 photos)
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What are Behr Cool Ashes undertones?
Cool Ashes is a midtone, near-neutral medium gray. Its chroma is so low that assigning a specific hue-based undertone would be misleading. Because it is close to neutral, nearby surfaces and the color of the light can noticeably change how warm or cool it appears.
HEX value:
RGB code:
146, 146, 145
Is Behr Cool Ashes cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 60°, this Grey shade sits right in the neutral zone on the HSL color wheel—neither warm nor cool.
N520-4 Cool Ashes HSL code: 60, 0%, 57%
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 Cool Ashes
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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Cool Ashes:
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
N520-4
Cool Ashes
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 Cool Ashes with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 240, such as Behr Blue Aura and Camelot.
LRV of Cool Ashes
Cool Ashes has an LRV of 28.88% 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 28.88%, 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 | #929291 |
| RGB Decimal | 146, 146, 145 |
| RGB Percent | 57.25%, 57.25%, 56.86% |
| HSV | Hue: 60° Saturation: 0.68% Value: 57.25% |
| HSL | hsl(60, 0, 57) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 0.68 Key: 42.75 |
| YIQ | Y: 145.886 I: 0.321 Q: -0.311 |
| XYZ | X: 27.243 Y: 28.713 Z: 30.887 |
| CIE Lab | L:60.528 a:-0.195 b:0.532 |
| CIE Luv | L:60.528 u:0.056 v:0.788 |
| Decimal | 9605777 |
| Hunter Lab | 53.585, -3.023, 3.333 |
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