Behr Soapstone MQ4-14
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| Code: | MQ4-14 |
| Name: | Soapstone |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Soapstone?
Behr Soapstone MQ4-14 is a deep blue-green with a distinctly cool, teal-leaning cast. Its strong saturation gives it enough presence for a powder room, dining room, or built-in cabinetry, where it can read as rich rather than overly dark. In bright daylight, Soapstone shows more of its green character, while lower or warmer lighting can bring its blue depth forward. Pair it with crisp white trim, pale oak, honed brass, or warm terracotta accents to keep the color from feeling too cool. On an exterior door or shutter, this shade offers a clear, grounded contrast against light siding or stone.
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What are Behr Soapstone undertones?
Soapstone is a midtone, soft moss green. The HEX sample leans green; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. 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:
17, 120, 91
Is Behr Soapstone cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 163° on the HSL hue wheel, this dark green falls clearly in the cool range.
MQ4-14 Soapstone HSL code: 163, 75%, 27%
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 Soapstone
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 dark green shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Soapstone:
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 Soapstone with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 343, such as Behr Kiss Good Night and Wild Geranium.
LRV of Soapstone
Soapstone has an LRV of 9.51% and refers to Dark colors which means that this color almost does not reflect 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 9.51%, 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 | #11785b |
| RGB Decimal | 17, 120, 91 |
| RGB Percent | 6.67%, 47.06%, 35.69% |
| HSV | Hue: 163° Saturation: 85.83% Value: 47.06% |
| HSL | hsl(163, 75, 27) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 85.83 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 24.17 Key: 52.94 |
| YIQ | Y: 85.897 I: -52.059 Q: -30.813 |
| XYZ | X: 8.835 Y: 14.306 Z: 12.19 |
| CIE Lab | L:44.669 a:-35.011 b:8.208 |
| CIE Luv | L:44.669 u:-35.957 v:15.61 |
| Decimal | 1144923 |
| Hunter Lab | 37.824, -24.498, 7.368 |
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