Benjamin Moore Calm OC-22
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- Calm for bedroom (1 photo)
- Calm for living room (1 photo)
- Benjamin Moore Calm for bathroom (4 photos)
- Benjamin Moore OC-22 on kitchen cabinets (9 photos)
- Calm for exterior (1 photo)
- Benjamin Moore Calm reviews (9 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Calm undertones?
- Is Calm OC-22 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Calm
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Calm OC-22
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Calm OC-22 |
| Code: | OC-22 |
| Name: | Calm |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Calm?
Benjamin Moore Calm OC-22 is a pale, muted off-white with a soft gray cast and a slight warmth that keeps it from looking stark. Its low saturation gives walls a quiet, lightly shadowed appearance rather than a bright white finish. In daylight, Calm can read as a gentle warm gray-white, while cooler artificial light may bring out more of its silvery side. It suits bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways where a subtle backdrop is wanted without a strong beige or cream presence. Pair it with natural oak, linen upholstery, matte black details, and deeper charcoal or olive accents for contrast.
Calm for bedroom
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing grey shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm light paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Calm for living room
Check out this stunning light color used in real living rooms. Explore how this grey shade can create a unique space
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Benjamin Moore OC-22 for bathroom (4 photos)
Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm light grey real bathrooms.
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Benjamin Moore OC-22 on kitchen cabinets (9 photos)
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm grey hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Calm for exterior
Looking for a fresh new look for your house exterior or starting from skretch? We’ve collected pictures of real-life homes that have been painted with this warm grey hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.
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Benjamin Moore Calm reviews (9 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this grey 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 Calm undertones?
Calm OC-22 reads as a very light, low-saturation off-white with an almost neutral overall character. In the supplied digital sample, any yellow-leaning direction is extremely subtle, so it does not support a confident visible undertone call on its own. Benjamin Moore describes the color as having a “barest hint of lavender-gray,” which would add a faint cool gray-violet cast to its white base rather than changing its main off-white family. Warm artificial light may make the color appear a little creamier, while cool daylight can make its grayish cast easier to notice.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
230, 228, 223
Is Benjamin Moore Calm cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 43°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
OC-22 Calm HSL code: 43, 12%, 89%
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 Calm
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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Calm:
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
OC-22
Calm
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 Calm with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 223, such as Benjamin Moore Feather Gray and Bachelor Blue.
LRV of Calm
Calm has an LRV of 75.83% and refers to Off‑White 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 75.83%, 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 | #E6E4DF |
| RGB Decimal | 230, 228, 223 |
| RGB Percent | 90.20%, 89.41%, 87.45% |
| HSV | Hue: 43° Saturation: 3.04% Value: 90.2% |
| HSL | hsl(43, 12, 89) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.87 Yellow: 3.04 Key: 9.8 |
| YIQ | Y: 228.028 I: 2.799 Q: -1.133 |
| XYZ | X: 73.693 Y: 77.638 Z: 80.895 |
| CIE Lab | L:90.614 a:-0.207 b:2.676 |
| CIE Luv | L:90.614 u:1.417 v:4.104 |
| Decimal | 15131871 |
| Hunter Lab | 88.112, -4.908, 7.245 |
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