Behr Wet Cement HDC-NT-23
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| Code: | HDC-NT-23 |
| Name: | Wet Cement |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Wet Cement?
Behr Wet Cement HDC-NT-23 is a medium, muted gray with a faint warm beige cast that keeps it from reading icy or blue. Its softened, low-saturation character makes it a grounded option for living room walls, hallways, or a home office where a darker neutral is wanted without the weight of charcoal. In bright daylight, Wet Cement can appear like a weathered gray-beige, while lower or warmer lighting may bring out its subtle taupe lean. Pair it with creamy off-whites, natural oak, black metal details, and linen textiles for a layered, understated palette. It also has enough depth to define cabinetry or an exterior trim scheme against lighter neutral siding.
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What are Behr Wet Cement undertones?
Wet Cement is a midtone, very muted khaki 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:
137, 135, 127
Is Behr Wet Cement cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 48°, this black leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
HDC-NT-23 Wet Cement HSL code: 48, 4%, 52%
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 Wet Cement
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 black shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Wet Cement:
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
HDC-NT-23
Wet Cement
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 Wet Cement with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 228, such as Behr Paparazzi Flash and Blue Aura.
LRV of Wet Cement
Wet Cement has an LRV of 24.29% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of 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 24.29%, 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 | #89877f |
| RGB Decimal | 137, 135, 127 |
| RGB Percent | 53.73%, 52.94%, 49.80% |
| HSV | Hue: 48° Saturation: 7.3% Value: 53.73% |
| HSL | hsl(48, 4, 52) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.46 Yellow: 7.3 Key: 46.27 |
| YIQ | Y: 134.686 I: 3.763 Q: -2.067 |
| XYZ | X: 22.81 Y: 24.179 Z: 23.538 |
| CIE Lab | L:56.266 a:-0.773 b:4.564 |
| CIE Luv | L:56.266 u:1.613 v:6.411 |
| Decimal | 9013119 |
| Hunter Lab | 49.172, -3.246, 6.039 |
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