Benjamin Moore City Shadow CSP-60

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What are Benjamin Moore City Shadow undertones?
Is City Shadow CSP-60 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on City Shadow
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of City Shadow CSP-60
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	City Shadow CSP-60
Code:	CSP-60
Name:	City Shadow
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore City Shadow?

Benjamin Moore City Shadow CSP-60 is a low-saturation, medium-dark gray with an almost even balance of red, green, and blue, giving it a restrained neutral cast. In daylight, it reads as a clear charcoal-gray rather than a strongly blue or brown shade. The color’s depth makes it effective on a study wall, a dining room, or built-in cabinetry where a lighter gray might feel too faint. Pair City Shadow with crisp white trim, pale oak, black metal, or softly textured stone for contrast. In dimmer rooms, this shade can appear deeper and more enveloping, so it is especially useful when a defined, grounded backdrop is wanted.

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What are Benjamin Moore City Shadow undertones?

City Shadow is a midtone, near-neutral charcoal gray. Its chroma is so low that assigning a specific hue-based undertone would be misleading. Because it is close to neutral, nearby surfaces and the color of the light can noticeably change how warm or cool it appears.

HEX value:

#626463

RGB code:

98, 100, 99

Is Benjamin Moore City Shadow cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 150°, this black leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.

CSP-60 City Shadow HSL code: 150, 1%, 39%

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 City Shadow

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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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 black shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore City Shadow:

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-60
City Shadow

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 City Shadow with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 330, such as Benjamin Moore Aplomb and Velvet Cloak.

CSP-60
City Shadow

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LRV of City Shadow

City Shadow has an LRV of 13.93% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

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 13.93%, 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	#626463
RGB Decimal	98, 100, 99
RGB Percent	38.43%, 39.22%, 38.82%
HSV	Hue: 150° Saturation: 2.0% Value: 39.22%
HSL	hsl(150, 1, 39)
CMYK	Cyan: 2.0 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 1.0 Key: 60.78
YIQ	Y: 99.288 I: -0.87 Q: -0.734
XYZ	X: 11.846 Y: 12.612 Z: 13.611
CIE Lab	L:42.172 a:-0.99 b:0.295
CIE Luv	L:42.172 u:-1.056 v:0.535
Decimal	6448227
Hunter Lab	35.513, -2.608, 2.135