Behr Windrift Beige N190-3
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| Code: | N190-3 |
| Name: | Windrift Beige |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Windrift Beige?
Behr Windrift Beige N190-3 is a light, muted beige with a gentle warm cast and a subtle rosy-tan undertone. Its low-contrast, softly weathered appearance keeps it from reading stark or yellow, especially alongside clean white trim. In bright natural light, this color can look airy and pale; under warmer evening bulbs, its beige and faint peach notes become more noticeable. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways, and open-plan walls where a quiet neutral is needed without drifting into gray. Pair Windrift Beige with warm white, soft charcoal, natural oak, linen upholstery, aged brass, and clay-toned accents.
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What are Behr Windrift Beige undertones?
Windrift Beige is a mid-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:
206, 188, 174
Is Behr Windrift Beige cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 26°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
N190-3 Windrift Beige HSL code: 26, 25%, 75%
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 Windrift Beige
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 Windrift Beige:
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
N190-3
Windrift Beige
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 Windrift Beige 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 Windrift Beige
Windrift Beige has an LRV of 52.56% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half 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 52.56%, 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 | #cebcae |
| RGB Decimal | 206, 188, 174 |
| RGB Percent | 80.78%, 73.73%, 68.24% |
| HSV | Hue: 26° Saturation: 15.53% Value: 80.78% |
| HSL | hsl(26, 25, 75) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 8.74 Yellow: 15.53 Key: 19.22 |
| YIQ | Y: 191.786 I: 15.225 Q: -0.549 |
| XYZ | X: 51.076 Y: 52.145 Z: 47.407 |
| CIE Lab | L:77.368 a:4.055 b:9.393 |
| CIE Luv | L:77.368 u:11.666 v:12.843 |
| Decimal | 13548718 |
| Hunter Lab | 72.212, -0.116, 11.624 |
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