Behr Smoked Mauve PPU17-12
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| Code: | PPU17-12 |
| Name: | Smoked Mauve |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Smoked Mauve?
Behr Smoked Mauve PPU17-12 is a muted mid-tone gray with a softly warmed, dusty rose-beige cast. Its low saturation keeps the color grounded rather than overtly purple, giving walls a weathered, understated look. In bright daylight, it can read as a pale warm gray, while lower or warmer lighting brings out more of its mauve-brown character. Use it in bedrooms, dining rooms, or living areas where a neutral needs a little more color than standard gray. Smoked Mauve pairs well with creamy off-whites, charcoal accents, natural oak, aged brass, and linen-textured fabrics.
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What are Behr Smoked Mauve undertones?
Smoked Mauve is a mid-light, very muted muted taupe. The HEX sample has a subtle red bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear red. 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:
168, 156, 151
Is Behr Smoked Mauve cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 18°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
PPU17-12 Smoked Mauve HSL code: 18, 9%, 63%
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 Smoked Mauve
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 Smoked Mauve:
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
PPU17-12
Smoked Mauve
Darker shades
PPU17-12
Smoked Mauve
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 Smoked Mauve with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 198, such as Behr Oceanic Climate and Nor'Wester.
LRV of Smoked Mauve
Smoked Mauve has an LRV of 34.83% 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 34.83%, 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 | #a89c97 |
| RGB Decimal | 168, 156, 151 |
| RGB Percent | 65.88%, 61.18%, 59.22% |
| HSV | Hue: 18° Saturation: 10.12% Value: 65.88% |
| HSL | hsl(18, 9, 63) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 7.14 Yellow: 10.12 Key: 34.12 |
| YIQ | Y: 159.018 I: 8.758 Q: 0.982 |
| XYZ | X: 33.622 Y: 34.337 Z: 34.126 |
| CIE Lab | L:65.229 a:3.491 b:4.196 |
| CIE Luv | L:65.229 u:7.403 v:5.365 |
| Decimal | 11050135 |
| Hunter Lab | 58.597, -0.126, 6.489 |
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