Behr New Day S420-1
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| Code: | S420-1 |
| Name: | New Day |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr New Day?
Behr New Day S420-1 is a light, muted green with a soft gray cast that keeps it from reading overly pastel. Its pale value gives walls an airy appearance, while the subtle green undertone is more noticeable beside warm white trim or natural wood. In daylight, New Day can look clean and gently cool; under warmer evening bulbs, it shifts toward a quieter gray-green. It suits bedrooms, bathrooms, laundry rooms, and light-filled kitchens, especially with creamy whites, pale oak, linen textiles, and brushed nickel. Use it across all four walls for a low-contrast backdrop or on cabinetry for a restrained wash of color.
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What are Behr New Day undertones?
New Day is a light, very muted green-tinted off-white. The HEX sample has a subtle green bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear green. 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:
216, 229, 221
Is Behr New Day cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 143°, this Green reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
S420-1 New Day HSL code: 143, 20%, 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 New Day
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 New Day:
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.
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Darker shades
S420-1
New Day
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 New Day with a yellow hue, complementary colors are those with a purple hue close to 323, such as Behr Plum Royale and Garden Plum.
LRV of New Day
New Day has an LRV of 74.58% 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 74.58%, 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 | #d8e5dd |
| RGB Decimal | 216, 229, 221 |
| RGB Percent | 84.71%, 89.80%, 86.67% |
| HSV | Hue: 143° Saturation: 5.68% Value: 89.8% |
| HSL | hsl(143, 20, 87) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 5.68 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 3.49 Key: 10.2 |
| YIQ | Y: 224.201 I: -5.176 Q: -5.24 |
| XYZ | X: 69.386 Y: 75.858 Z: 79.374 |
| CIE Lab | L:89.793 a:-5.796 b:2.404 |
| CIE Luv | L:89.793 u:-6.791 v:4.683 |
| Decimal | 14214621 |
| Hunter Lab | 87.096, -10.215, 6.935 |
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