Behr Key To The City MQ2-03
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| Code: | MQ2-03 |
| Name: | Key To The City |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Key To The City?
Behr Key To The City MQ2-03 is a muted medium tan with warm sandy and lightly clay-like undertones. Its soft, earthy cast keeps it from reading as a plain beige, giving walls more presence without becoming dark or overly orange. In bright daylight, this shade can look lighter and more sun-washed, while evening lighting tends to bring forward its warmer brown notes. It suits living rooms, dining areas, and entryways paired with creamy white trim, warm oak, woven natural fibers, and aged brass. Key To The City can also make a grounded cabinet color alongside pale stone counters and off-white backsplash tile.
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What are Behr Key To The City undertones?
Key To The City is a mid-light, muted caramel tan. The HEX sample leans yellow-orange; 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:
187, 155, 124
Is Behr Key To The City cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 30°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
MQ2-03 Key To The City HSL code: 30, 32%, 61%
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 Key To The City
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:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Key To The City:
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
MQ2-03
Key To The City
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 Key To The City with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 210, such as Behr Nor'Wester and Absolute Zero.
LRV of Key To The City
Key To The City has an LRV of 35.8% 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 35.8%, 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 | #bb9b7c |
| RGB Decimal | 187, 155, 124 |
| RGB Percent | 73.33%, 60.78%, 48.63% |
| HSV | Hue: 30° Saturation: 33.69% Value: 73.33% |
| HSL | hsl(30, 32, 61) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 17.11 Yellow: 33.69 Key: 26.67 |
| YIQ | Y: 161.034 I: 29.03 Q: -2.878 |
| XYZ | X: 35.853 Y: 35.464 Z: 24.02 |
| CIE Lab | L:66.109 a:7.355 b:20.72 |
| CIE Luv | L:66.109 u:22.591 v:26.191 |
| Decimal | 12295036 |
| Hunter Lab | 59.552, 3.25, 17.772 |
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