Benjamin Moore Bleeker Beige HC-80
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- Bleeker Beige for living room (7 photos)
- Benjamin Moore HC-80 on kitchen cabinets (1 photo)
- Benjamin Moore Bleeker Beige reviews (4 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Bleeker Beige undertones?
- Is Bleeker Beige HC-80 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Bleeker Beige
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Bleeker Beige HC-80
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Bleeker Beige HC-80 |
| Code: | HC-80 |
| Name: | Bleeker Beige |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Bleeker Beige?
Benjamin Moore Bleeker Beige HC-80 is a light-to-medium beige with a muted, softly warm cast. Its low-saturation look keeps it from reading overly yellow, while the tan-beige base gives walls more presence than an off-white. In bright daylight, Bleeker Beige can appear lighter and more neutral; warmer evening lighting tends to bring out its sandy warmth. It suits living rooms, hallways, bedrooms, and exterior siding, especially alongside creamy whites, weathered wood, linen upholstery, and aged brass. Use this shade on broad wall surfaces when you want a grounded neutral that still has visible color.
Bleeker Beige for living room (7 photos)
Check out this stunning mid-tone color used in real living rooms. Explore how this beige shade can create a unique space
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Benjamin Moore HC-80 on kitchen cabinets
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm beige hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Benjamin Moore Bleeker Beige reviews (4 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this beige that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.
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What are Benjamin Moore Bleeker Beige undertones?
Bleeker Beige is a mid-light, muted buff-beige with a clear yellow-leaning overall character rather than a pink or cool gray cast. The supplied digital color appears softly saturated and close to neutral, so it reads as a restrained beige rather than a strong golden tan. Benjamin Moore describes it as a “medium buff hue with pleasing gray undertones,” which fits the visible buff main family by suggesting a gray influence that keeps the yellow-beige look from becoming too bright or rich. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its yellow-beige character, while cool daylight can make its muted, gray-leaning restraint more noticeable.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
205, 192, 168
Is Benjamin Moore Bleeker Beige cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 39°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
HC-80 Bleeker Beige HSL code: 39, 27%, 73%
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 Bleeker 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:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Bleeker 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
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 Bleeker Beige with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 219, such as Benjamin Moore Normandy and Feather Gray.
LRV of Bleeker Beige
Bleeker Beige has an LRV of 51.66% 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 51.66%, 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 | #CDC0A8 |
| RGB Decimal | 205, 192, 168 |
| RGB Percent | 80.39%, 75.29%, 65.88% |
| HSV | Hue: 39° Saturation: 18.05% Value: 80.39% |
| HSL | hsl(39, 27, 73) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.34 Yellow: 18.05 Key: 19.61 |
| YIQ | Y: 193.151 I: 15.459 Q: -4.719 |
| XYZ | X: 51.094 Y: 53.507 Z: 44.671 |
| CIE Lab | L:78.173 a:0.63 b:13.756 |
| CIE Luv | L:78.173 u:9.226 v:19.529 |
| Decimal | 13484200 |
| Hunter Lab | 73.148, -3.328, 14.995 |
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