Behr Urban Legend N100-6
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| Code: | N100-6 |
| Name: | Urban Legend |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Urban Legend?
Behr Urban Legend N100-6 is a deep, muted charcoal with a noticeable dusty plum cast. Its gray base keeps the color grounded, while the softened red-violet undertone prevents it from reading as flat black or standard gray. In daylight, it can appear like a weathered purple-gray; under warm lamps, the plum note becomes more apparent. Use it on a bedroom wall, dining room, or painted cabinetry when you want a dark color with more character than plain charcoal. Pair Urban Legend with warm white trim, pale taupe, natural oak, brushed brass, or matte black hardware.
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What are Behr Urban Legend undertones?
Urban Legend is a deep, very muted brownish taupe. The HEX sample has a subtle pink-red bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear pink-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:
103, 88, 95
Is Behr Urban Legend cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 332°, this dark purple leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
N100-6 Urban Legend HSL code: 332, 8%, 37%
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 Urban Legend
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 purple shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Urban Legend:
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
N100-6
Urban Legend
Darker shades
N100-6
Urban Legend
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 Urban Legend with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 152, such as Behr Mountain Falls and Congo.
LRV of Urban Legend
Urban Legend has an LRV of 11.19% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little 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 11.19%, 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 | #67585f |
| RGB Decimal | 103, 88, 95 |
| RGB Percent | 40.39%, 34.51%, 37.25% |
| HSV | Hue: 332° Saturation: 14.56% Value: 40.39% |
| HSL | hsl(332, 8, 37) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 14.56 Yellow: 7.77 Key: 59.61 |
| YIQ | Y: 93.283 I: 6.689 Q: 5.351 |
| XYZ | X: 11.148 Y: 10.689 Z: 12.299 |
| CIE Lab | L:39.052 a:7.458 b:-1.762 |
| CIE Luv | L:39.052 u:8.201 v:-3.388 |
| Decimal | 6772831 |
| Hunter Lab | 32.695, 3.65, 0.582 |
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