Behr Gravelstone MQ2-50
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- Gravelstone for living room (1 photo)
- Behr Gravelstone reviews (5 photos)
- What are Behr Gravelstone undertones?
- Is Gravelstone MQ2-50 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Gravelstone
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Gravelstone MQ2-50
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Code: | MQ2-50 |
| Name: | Gravelstone |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Gravelstone?
Behr Gravelstone MQ2-50 is a light, muted beige with a gentle warm-gray cast that keeps it from reading overly creamy. Its low-saturation, softly weathered appearance makes it a useful wall color for living rooms, bedrooms, and open-plan spaces that need warmth without strong yellow undertones. In bright daylight, Gravelstone can look like a pale sand-toned neutral, while evening or cooler lighting may bring forward its subtle gray-beige side. Pair it with off-white trim, medium oak, woven linen, and charcoal or deep olive accents for contrast. It is especially effective across large wall areas, where its quiet depth gives the room more definition than a plain white.
Gravelstone for living room
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Behr Gravelstone reviews (5 photos)
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What are Behr Gravelstone undertones?
Gravelstone is a light, very muted sandy beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. 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:
211, 199, 184
Is Behr Gravelstone cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 33°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
MQ2-50 Gravelstone HSL code: 33, 23%, 77%
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 Gravelstone
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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Gravelstone:
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
MQ2-50
Gravelstone
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 Gravelstone with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 213, such as Behr Icicles and Shaved Ice.
LRV of Gravelstone
Gravelstone has an LRV of 58.25% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 58.25%, 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 | #d3c7b8 |
| RGB Decimal | 211, 199, 184 |
| RGB Percent | 82.75%, 78.04%, 72.16% |
| HSV | Hue: 33° Saturation: 12.8% Value: 82.75% |
| HSL | hsl(33, 23, 77) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 5.69 Yellow: 12.8 Key: 17.25 |
| YIQ | Y: 200.878 I: 11.971 Q: -2.13 |
| XYZ | X: 55.938 Y: 58.157 Z: 53.613 |
| CIE Lab | L:80.826 a:1.657 b:9.011 |
| CIE Luv | L:80.826 u:7.985 v:12.863 |
| Decimal | 13879224 |
| Hunter Lab | 76.261, -2.526, 11.7 |
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