Behr Soft Shoe MQ3-37
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| Code: | MQ3-37 |
| Name: | Soft Shoe |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Soft Shoe?
Behr Soft Shoe MQ3-37 is a pale, warm neutral with a soft peach-beige cast that keeps it from reading flat or chalky. Its light value makes it well suited to bedrooms, nurseries, dressing areas, and living rooms where a gentle wall color is wanted without moving into obvious pink. In bright daylight, Soft Shoe can appear creamy and lightly blush-toned, while evening lighting may bring forward its warmer beige notes. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, woven linen, and brushed brass for a cohesive look. For contrast, deeper clay, muted terracotta, or warm charcoal accents give this shade more definition.
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What are Behr Soft Shoe undertones?
Soft Shoe is a light, very muted muted beige. The HEX sample has a subtle orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear 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:
RGB code:
232, 213, 198
Is Behr Soft Shoe cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 26° on the HSL hue wheel, this Beige sits firmly on the warm side.
MQ3-37 Soft Shoe HSL code: 26, 42%, 84%
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 Shoe
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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Soft Shoe:
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
MQ3-37
Soft Shoe
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 Shoe with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 206, such as Behr Nor'Wester and Absolute Zero.
LRV of Soft Shoe
Soft Shoe has an LRV of 69.24% 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 69.24%, 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 | #e8d5c6 |
| RGB Decimal | 232, 213, 198 |
| RGB Percent | 90.98%, 83.53%, 77.65% |
| HSV | Hue: 26° Saturation: 14.66% Value: 90.98% |
| HSL | hsl(26, 42, 84) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 8.19 Yellow: 14.66 Key: 9.02 |
| YIQ | Y: 216.971 I: 16.142 Q: -0.649 |
| XYZ | X: 67.265 Y: 68.823 Z: 63.152 |
| CIE Lab | L:86.416 a:4.124 b:9.789 |
| CIE Luv | L:86.416 u:12.228 v:13.675 |
| Decimal | 15259078 |
| Hunter Lab | 82.96, -0.449, 12.938 |
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