Benjamin Moore Castle Gate CSP-75
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| Official page: | Castle Gate CSP-75 |
| Code: | CSP-75 |
| Name: | Castle Gate |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Castle Gate?
Benjamin Moore Castle Gate CSP-75 is a muted mid-tone gray with a noticeable taupe cast, softened by subtle brown and beige undertones. Its low-saturation appearance keeps it from reading cold or blue, giving walls a grounded, quietly earthy look. In bright natural light, Castle Gate can appear like a softened warm gray, while evening light tends to bring out its deeper mushroom-brown side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and entryways where a darker neutral is wanted without the weight of charcoal. Pair it with creamy off-whites, weathered oak, linen upholstery, black metal details, or muted olive and clay accents.
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What are Benjamin Moore Castle Gate undertones?
Castle Gate is a midtone, very muted muted beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-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:
144, 137, 128
Is Benjamin Moore Castle Gate cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 34°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
CSP-75 Castle Gate HSL code: 34, 7%, 53%
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 Castle Gate
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 Castle Gate:
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
CSP-75
Castle Gate
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 Castle Gate with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 214, such as Benjamin Moore Nocturnal Gray and Blue Spruce.
LRV of Castle Gate
Castle Gate has an LRV of 25.81% 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 25.81%, 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 | #908980 |
| RGB Decimal | 144, 137, 128 |
| RGB Percent | 56.47%, 53.73%, 50.20% |
| HSV | Hue: 34° Saturation: 11.11% Value: 56.47% |
| HSL | hsl(34, 7, 53) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.86 Yellow: 11.11 Key: 43.53 |
| YIQ | Y: 138.067 I: 7.063 Q: -1.32 |
| XYZ | X: 24.343 Y: 25.379 Z: 24.033 |
| CIE Lab | L:57.443 a:0.961 b:5.759 |
| CIE Luv | L:57.443 u:4.657 v:7.758 |
| Decimal | 9472384 |
| Hunter Lab | 50.378, -1.91, 6.981 |
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