Benjamin Moore Espresso Bean CSP-30
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| Official page: | Espresso Bean CSP-30 |
| Code: | CSP-30 |
| Name: | Espresso Bean |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Espresso Bean?
Benjamin Moore Espresso Bean CSP-30 is a deeply grounded brown with a faint red-brown cast that keeps its near-black depth from reading flat. In bright daylight, its warm undertone becomes more visible, while lower light lets it settle into a dark, charcoal-leaning brown. It has enough softness for a dining room, library, or bedroom wall, especially when paired with creamy off-whites, muted clay tones, or warm natural wood. On cabinetry or interior doors, Espresso Bean gives a strong outline without the sharper contrast of pure black. Brass, aged bronze, cognac leather, and stone with warm beige veining are especially natural companions.
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What are Benjamin Moore Espresso Bean undertones?
Espresso Bean is a deep, very muted dark brown. The HEX sample has a subtle red bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear red. 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:
59, 50, 48
Is Benjamin Moore Espresso Bean cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 11°, this brown leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.
CSP-30 Espresso Bean HSL code: 11, 10%, 21%
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 Espresso Bean
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 brown shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Espresso Bean:
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-30
Espresso Bean
Darker shades
CSP-30
Espresso Bean
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 Espresso Bean with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 191, such as Benjamin Moore Aegean Teal and Blue Lace.
LRV of Espresso Bean
Espresso Bean has an LRV of 5.51% and refers to Dark colors which means that this color almost does not reflect 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 5.51%, 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
We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #3B3230 |
| RGB Decimal | 59, 50, 48 |
| RGB Percent | 23.14%, 19.61%, 18.82% |
| HSV | Hue: 11° Saturation: 18.64% Value: 23.14% |
| HSL | hsl(11, 10, 21) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 15.25 Yellow: 18.64 Key: 76.86 |
| YIQ | Y: 52.463 I: 6.006 Q: 1.281 |
| XYZ | X: 3.478 Y: 3.425 Z: 3.273 |
| CIE Lab | L:21.67 a:3.623 b:2.76 |
| CIE Luv | L:21.67 u:4.868 v:2.333 |
| Decimal | 3879472 |
| Hunter Lab | 18.505, 1.161, 2.466 |
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