Behr Floating Lily M340-2
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| Code: | M340-2 |
| Name: | Floating Lily |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Floating Lily?
Behr Floating Lily M340-2 is a light, softly muted cream with a noticeable yellow-beige cast. Its low saturation keeps it from reading bright or buttery, instead giving walls a gently warmed, lightly weathered appearance. In north-facing rooms, Floating Lily may look closer to a pale khaki cream, while direct afternoon sun brings out its soft golden undertone. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a quiet off-white feels less stark than pure white. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, woven linen, and muted olive or dusty blue accents for a grounded palette.
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What are Behr Floating Lily undertones?
Floating Lily is a near-white, muted pale 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:
237, 235, 206
Is Behr Floating Lily cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 56°, this Yellow reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
M340-2 Floating Lily HSL code: 56, 46%, 87%
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 Floating Lily
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 Yellow shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Floating Lily:
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
M340-2
Floating Lily
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 Floating Lily with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 236, such as Behr Blue Aura and Camelot.
LRV of Floating Lily
Floating Lily has an LRV of 80.87% and refers to Off‑White 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 80.87%, 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 | #edebce |
| RGB Decimal | 237, 235, 206 |
| RGB Percent | 92.94%, 92.16%, 80.78% |
| HSV | Hue: 56° Saturation: 13.08% Value: 92.94% |
| HSL | hsl(56, 46, 87) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.84 Yellow: 13.08 Key: 7.06 |
| YIQ | Y: 232.292 I: 10.511 Q: -8.602 |
| XYZ | X: 75.772 Y: 81.878 Z: 70.188 |
| CIE Lab | L:92.521 a:-4.145 b:14.337 |
| CIE Luv | L:92.521 u:2.746 v:21.922 |
| Decimal | 15592398 |
| Hunter Lab | 90.487, -8.878, 17.351 |
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