Behr Race Track N180-3
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| Code: | N180-3 |
| Name: | Race Track |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Race Track?
Behr Race Track N180-3 is a light, muted beige with a noticeable gray cast and a soft rosy-taupe undertone. Its low saturation keeps it from reading yellow, giving walls a calm, gently weathered look rather than a creamy one. In bright daylight, Race Track can appear like a pale warm gray, while evening or warmer bulbs bring out more of its beige and blush notes. It suits bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways where a quiet neutral is wanted without the coolness of a true gray. Pair it with off-white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, charcoal accents, or aged brass for a grounded finish.
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What are Behr Race Track undertones?
Race Track is a mid-light, very muted muted beige. The HEX sample has a subtle orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear 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:
203, 190, 181
Is Behr Race Track cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 25°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
N180-3 Race Track HSL code: 25, 17%, 75%
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 Race Track
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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Race Track:
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
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 Race Track with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 205, such as Behr Nor'Wester and Absolute Zero.
LRV of Race Track
Race Track has an LRV of 53.21% 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 53.21%, 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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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #cbbeb5 |
| RGB Decimal | 203, 190, 181 |
| RGB Percent | 79.61%, 74.51%, 70.98% |
| HSV | Hue: 25° Saturation: 10.84% Value: 79.61% |
| HSL | hsl(25, 17, 75) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.4 Yellow: 10.84 Key: 20.39 |
| YIQ | Y: 192.861 I: 10.639 Q: -0.051 |
| XYZ | X: 51.381 Y: 52.86 Z: 51.2 |
| CIE Lab | L:77.792 a:3.032 b:6.186 |
| CIE Luv | L:77.792 u:8.212 v:8.51 |
| Decimal | 13352629 |
| Hunter Lab | 72.705, -1.087, 9.141 |
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