Benjamin Moore Coastal Fog / Florentine Plaster / CC-520 / 976
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- Coastal Fog for living room (2 photos)
- Benjamin Moore Coastal Fog for bathroom (3 photos)
- Benjamin Moore 976 on kitchen cabinets (1 photo)
- Coastal Fog for exterior (3 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Coastal Fog undertones?
- Is Coastal Fog 976 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Coastal Fog
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Coastal Fog 976
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Coastal Fog 976 |
| Code: | 976 |
| Name: | Coastal Fog |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Coastal Fog?
Benjamin Moore Coastal Fog 976 is a light, muted beige with a soft gray cast and a noticeable warm, sandy undertone. Its low saturation keeps it from reading too yellow, giving walls a gently weathered, natural look rather than a creamy one. In bright daylight, Coastal Fog can appear like a pale warm greige, while lower or cooler light brings its gray-beige side forward. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, and aged brass add welcome texture around the color. For a grounded palette, pair it with chalky off-whites, deeper mushroom browns, or dusty blue-gray accents.
Coastal Fog for living room (2 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 976 for bathroom (3 photos)
Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm mid-tone beige real bathrooms.
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Benjamin Moore 976 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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Coastal Fog for exterior (3 photos)
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 beige hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.
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What are Benjamin Moore Coastal Fog undertones?
Coastal Fog reads as a mid-light, very muted neutral in the beige-khaki family, with a soft yellow-leaning cast rather than a clear gray or green color. The supplied digital sample shows only a subtle hue bias, so its undertone can shift with surrounding colors and lighting. Benjamin Moore describes it as a neutral where “olive and khaki tones mingle,” which fits its visible khaki-beige base and suggests a possible restrained greenish cast rather than a strong olive color. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its beige and yellow side, while cool daylight can make it appear more neutral or slightly grayer.
Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.
HEX value:
RGB code:
202, 196, 176
Is Benjamin Moore Coastal Fog cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 46°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
976 Coastal Fog HSL code: 46, 20%, 74%
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 Coastal Fog
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 Coastal Fog:
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 Coastal Fog with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 226, such as Benjamin Moore Bachelor Blue and Approaching Storm.
LRV of Coastal Fog
Coastal Fog has an LRV of 52.71% 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 52.71%, 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 | #CAC4B0 |
| RGB Decimal | 202, 196, 176 |
| RGB Percent | 79.22%, 76.86%, 69.02% |
| HSV | Hue: 46° Saturation: 12.87% Value: 79.22% |
| HSL | hsl(46, 20, 74) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.97 Yellow: 12.87 Key: 20.78 |
| YIQ | Y: 195.514 I: 10.002 Q: -4.955 |
| XYZ | X: 51.932 Y: 55.172 Z: 48.976 |
| CIE Lab | L:79.14 a:-1.325 b:10.795 |
| CIE Luv | L:79.14 u:4.67 v:15.865 |
| Decimal | 13288624 |
| Hunter Lab | 74.278, -5.185, 12.901 |
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