Behr Smokestack N220-3

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What are Behr Smokestack undertones?
Is Smokestack N220-3 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Smokestack
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Smokestack N220-3
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	N220-3
Name:	Smokestack
Brand:	Behr

What color is Behr Smokestack?

Behr Smokestack N220-3 is a light, muted greige with a noticeable beige cast and soft gray restraint. Its low-saturation character keeps it from reading overly tan, while the warm undertone gives it more softness than a straight cool gray. In daylight, Smokestack can appear like a pale weathered taupe; under warm indoor bulbs, its beige notes tend to come forward. It is well suited to living-room, bedroom, or hallway walls where a quiet neutral is wanted without the starkness of off-white. Pair it with creamy white trim, medium oak, natural linen, charcoal accents, or aged brass for a grounded, layered palette.

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What are Behr Smokestack undertones?

Smokestack is a mid-light, very muted muted beige. 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:

#BEB2A5

RGB code:

190, 178, 165

Is Behr Smokestack cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 31°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

N220-3 Smokestack HSL code: 31, 16%, 70%

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 Smokestack

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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Smokestack:

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

N220-3
Smokestack

Darker shades

N220-3
Smokestack

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 Smokestack with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 211, such as Behr Icicles and Shaved Ice.

N220-3
Smokestack

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LRV of Smokestack

Smokestack has an LRV of 45.75% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident 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 45.75%, 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	#beb2a5
RGB Decimal	190, 178, 165
RGB Percent	74.51%, 69.80%, 64.71%
HSV	Hue: 31° Saturation: 13.16% Value: 74.51%
HSL	hsl(31, 16, 70)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.32 Yellow: 13.16 Key: 25.49
YIQ	Y: 180.106 I: 11.328 Q: -1.507
XYZ	X: 43.946 Y: 45.505 Z: 42.055
CIE Lab	L:73.223 a:2.048 b:8.181
CIE Luv	L:73.223 u:7.913 v:11.388
Decimal	12497573
Hunter Lab	67.458, -1.765, 10.257