Behr Soft Secret PPU25-10
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| Code: | PPU25-10 |
| Name: | Soft Secret |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Soft Secret?
Behr Soft Secret PPU25-10 is a light, muted gray-beige with a soft mineral cast rather than a crisp white appearance. Its low-saturation warmth keeps it from reading icy, while the gray base gives walls a quiet, gently shaded look. In bright daylight, Soft Secret can appear closer to a pale warm gray; under evening bulbs, its subtle beige notes become more noticeable. It suits bedrooms, hallways, and open living areas where a light neutral is wanted without the starkness of white. Pair it with creamy trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, charcoal accents, or brushed brass for a restrained, layered palette.
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What are Behr Soft Secret undertones?
Soft Secret is a light, very muted straw beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow. 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:
214, 212, 202
Is Behr Soft Secret cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 50°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
PPU25-10 Soft Secret HSL code: 50, 13%, 82%
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 Soft Secret
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 Soft Secret:
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
PPU25-10
Soft Secret
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 Soft Secret with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 230, such as Behr Paparazzi Flash and Blue Aura.
LRV of Soft Secret
Soft Secret has an LRV of 65.34% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 65.34%, 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 | #d6d4ca |
| RGB Decimal | 214, 212, 202 |
| RGB Percent | 83.92%, 83.14%, 79.22% |
| HSV | Hue: 50° Saturation: 5.61% Value: 83.92% |
| HSL | hsl(50, 13, 82) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.93 Yellow: 5.61 Key: 16.08 |
| YIQ | Y: 211.458 I: 4.405 Q: -2.689 |
| XYZ | X: 61.933 Y: 65.648 Z: 65.27 |
| CIE Lab | L:84.816 a:-1.077 b:5.187 |
| CIE Luv | L:84.816 u:1.709 v:7.935 |
| Decimal | 14079178 |
| Hunter Lab | 81.023, -5.347, 8.954 |
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