Behr Sail Cloth N300-1

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What are Behr Sail Cloth undertones?
Is Sail Cloth N300-1 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Sail Cloth
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Sail Cloth N300-1
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	N300-1
Name:	Sail Cloth
Brand:	Behr

What color is Behr Sail Cloth?

Behr Sail Cloth N300-1 is a very light, warm off-white with a soft beige cast that keeps it from reading stark or icy. Its low saturation gives walls a gently muted appearance, especially in rooms with natural wood, linen, or woven textures. In bright daylight, Sail Cloth can look clean and creamy, while evening light tends to bring out its warmer, sand-like side. It suits bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways where a pale neutral is wanted without the sharper contrast of pure white. Pair it with oatmeal textiles, honey-toned oak, muted sage, or deeper brown accents for a grounded palette.

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What are Behr Sail Cloth undertones?

Sail Cloth is a near-white, very muted creamy off-white. 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:

#ECE5D7

RGB code:

236, 229, 215

Is Behr Sail Cloth cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 40°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

N300-1 Sail Cloth HSL code: 40, 36%, 88%

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 Sail Cloth

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

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:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Sail Cloth:

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

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Darker shades

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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 Sail Cloth with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 220, such as Behr Adirondack Blue and Nypd.

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LRV of Sail Cloth

Sail Cloth has an LRV of 78.66% and refers to Off‑White colors that reflect a lot of light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

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 78.66%, 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

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

Format	Code
HEX	#ece5d7
RGB Decimal	236, 229, 215
RGB Percent	92.55%, 89.80%, 84.31%
HSV	Hue: 40° Saturation: 8.9% Value: 92.55%
HSL	hsl(40, 36, 88)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.97 Yellow: 8.9 Key: 7.45
YIQ	Y: 229.497 I: 8.67 Q: -2.876
XYZ	X: 74.875 Y: 78.779 Z: 75.533
CIE Lab	L:91.134 a:-0.004 b:7.667
CIE Luv	L:91.134 u:4.851 v:11.497
Decimal	15525335
Hunter Lab	88.757, -4.744, 11.674