Benjamin Moore Charmeuse AF-265
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| Official page: | Charmeuse AF-265 |
| Code: | AF-265 |
| Name: | Charmeuse |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Charmeuse?
Benjamin Moore Charmeuse AF-265 is a light, muted blush-beige with soft rosy warmth beneath its creamy gray cast. Its low saturation keeps the color from reading overly pink, giving walls a gently warmed, powdery appearance instead. In bright daylight, Charmeuse can look pale and airy, while evening lighting tends to bring out its beige and peach-rose notes. It suits bedrooms, dressing areas, and living rooms, especially alongside ivory trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, and brushed brass. For contrast, pair this shade with deeper mushroom brown, charcoal, or muted olive accents.
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What are Benjamin Moore Charmeuse undertones?
Charmeuse is a 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:
219, 204, 194
Is Benjamin Moore Charmeuse cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 24°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
AF-265 Charmeuse HSL code: 24, 26%, 81%
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 Charmeuse
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 Charmeuse:
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
AF-265
Charmeuse
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 Charmeuse with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 204, such as Benjamin Moore Blue Lace and Nimbus Gray.
LRV of Charmeuse
Charmeuse has an LRV of 61.32% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 61.32%, 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 | #DBCCC2 |
| RGB Decimal | 219, 204, 194 |
| RGB Percent | 85.88%, 80.00%, 76.08% |
| HSV | Hue: 24° Saturation: 11.42% Value: 85.88% |
| HSL | hsl(24, 26, 81) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.85 Yellow: 11.42 Key: 14.12 |
| YIQ | Y: 207.345 I: 12.152 Q: 0.061 |
| XYZ | X: 60.542 Y: 62.142 Z: 59.83 |
| CIE Lab | L:82.989 a:3.531 b:6.857 |
| CIE Luv | L:82.989 u:9.452 v:9.491 |
| Decimal | 14404802 |
| Hunter Lab | 78.83, -0.863, 10.182 |
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