Benjamin Moore Cole Stone CW-60

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

Official page:	Cole Stone CW-60
Code:	CW-60
Name:	Cole Stone
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Cole Stone?

Benjamin Moore Cole Stone CW-60 is a muted, medium-light taupe with a clear gray cast and softened beige warmth. Its low-saturation character keeps it from reading overly brown, giving walls a grounded, gently weathered look rather than a crisp neutral finish. In bright daylight, Cole Stone can appear more gray and reserved, while warmer bulbs tend to bring forward its sandy, beige undertones. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a deeper neutral is wanted without the heaviness of charcoal. Pair it with creamy off-whites, dark bronze hardware, natural oak, linen upholstery, and muted olive or clay accents.

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What are Benjamin Moore Cole Stone undertones?

Cole Stone is a mid-light, 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:

#A29886

RGB code:

162, 152, 134

Is Benjamin Moore Cole Stone cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 39°, this Beige leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

CW-60 Cole Stone HSL code: 39, 13%, 58%

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 Cole Stone

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

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

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:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Cole Stone:

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

CW-60
Cole Stone

Darker shades

CW-60
Cole Stone

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 Cole Stone with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 219, such as Benjamin Moore Normandy and Feather Gray.

CW-60
Cole Stone

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LRV of Cole Stone

Cole Stone has an LRV of 32.87% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of 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 32.87%, 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	#A29886
RGB Decimal	162, 152, 134
RGB Percent	63.53%, 59.61%, 52.55%
HSV	Hue: 39° Saturation: 17.28% Value: 63.53%
HSL	hsl(39, 13, 58)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.17 Yellow: 17.28 Key: 36.47
YIQ	Y: 152.938 I: 11.743 Q: -3.486
XYZ	X: 30.431 Y: 31.86 Z: 27.094
CIE Lab	L:63.227 a:0.561 b:10.801
CIE Luv	L:63.227 u:7.076 v:14.779
Decimal	10655878
Hunter Lab	56.444, -2.542, 11.051