Behr Creamy Spinach S390-3
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- Behr Creamy Spinach reviews (23 photos)
- What are Behr Creamy Spinach undertones?
- Is Creamy Spinach S390-3 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Creamy Spinach
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Creamy Spinach S390-3
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Code: | S390-3 |
| Name: | Creamy Spinach |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Creamy Spinach?
Behr Creamy Spinach S390-3 is a light, muted green with a noticeable gray cast and a gentle yellow-olive undertone. Its softened saturation keeps it from reading like a bright botanical green, giving walls a quiet, powdery wash of color instead. In daylight, Creamy Spinach can appear airy and pale, while warmer bulbs may draw out its earthier olive side. It suits kitchens, breakfast nooks, mudrooms, and bedrooms, especially alongside warm white trim, pale oak, woven natural fibers, and aged brass. For contrast, pair this shade with deep charcoal, inky blue, or a muted clay accent.
Behr Creamy Spinach reviews (23 photos)
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What are Behr Creamy Spinach undertones?
Creamy Spinach is a mid-light, muted light yellow-green. The HEX sample leans yellow-green; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm light can make it look more olive and earthy, while cool daylight usually makes the green direction easier to notice.
HEX value:
RGB code:
178, 191, 166
Is Behr Creamy Spinach cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 91°, this Green shade sits right in the neutral zone on the HSL color wheel—neither warm nor cool.
S390-3 Creamy Spinach HSL code: 91, 16%, 70%
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 Creamy Spinach
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 Creamy Spinach:
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
S390-3
Creamy Spinach
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 Creamy Spinach with a yellow hue, complementary colors are those with a purple hue close to 271, such as Behr Mata Hari and Live Jazz.
LRV of Creamy Spinach
Creamy Spinach has an LRV of 48.11% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half 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 48.11%, 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 | #b2bfa6 |
| RGB Decimal | 178, 191, 166 |
| RGB Percent | 69.80%, 74.90%, 65.10% |
| HSV | Hue: 91° Saturation: 13.09% Value: 74.9% |
| HSL | hsl(91, 16, 70) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 6.81 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 13.09 Key: 25.1 |
| YIQ | Y: 184.263 I: 0.287 Q: -10.53 |
| XYZ | X: 43.872 Y: 49.48 Z: 43.305 |
| CIE Lab | L:75.749 a:-9.054 b:11.106 |
| CIE Luv | L:75.749 u:-6.159 v:17.554 |
| Decimal | 11714470 |
| Hunter Lab | 70.342, -11.768, 12.738 |
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