Benjamin Moore Fancy Pants CSP-525
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- Fancy Pants for bedroom (1 photo)
- Fancy Pants for living room (7 photos)
- Benjamin Moore Fancy Pants for bathroom (2 photos)
- Benjamin Moore CSP-525 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
- Benjamin Moore Fancy Pants reviews (9 photos)
- What are Benjamin Moore Fancy Pants undertones?
- Is Fancy Pants CSP-525 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Fancy Pants
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Fancy Pants CSP-525
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Official page: | Fancy Pants CSP-525 |
| Code: | CSP-525 |
| Name: | Fancy Pants |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Fancy Pants?
Benjamin Moore Fancy Pants CSP-525 is a muted blue-violet with a distinctly cool, gray-cast character. Its medium-dark depth gives it enough presence for a study, bedroom, or dining room without reading as overly bright or playful. In daylight, Fancy Pants can show its softened indigo side, while lower or warmer artificial light may bring out its smoky, slate-like quality. It pairs especially well with crisp off-whites, pale gray-blue tones, charcoal accents, and natural oak or walnut finishes. Use it on full walls for a grounded look, or on cabinetry, a bookcase, or interior doors where its restrained color can stand out against lighter surroundings.
Fancy Pants for bedroom
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing blue shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful cool dark paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Fancy Pants for living room (7 photos)
Check out this stunning dark color used in real living rooms. Explore how this blue shade can create a unique space
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Benjamin Moore CSP-525 for bathroom (2 photos)
Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully cool dark blue real bathrooms.
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Benjamin Moore CSP-525 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating cool blue hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Benjamin Moore Fancy Pants reviews (9 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this blue that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.
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What are Benjamin Moore Fancy Pants undertones?
Fancy Pants is a midtone, soft slate blue. The HEX sample leans blue; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm bulbs may gray the color down, while cool daylight usually makes its blue or teal direction clearer.
HEX value:
RGB code:
83, 97, 143
Is Benjamin Moore Fancy Pants cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 226°, this dark blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.
CSP-525 Fancy Pants HSL code: 226, 27%, 44%
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 Fancy Pants
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 dark blue shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Fancy Pants:
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-525
Fancy Pants
Darker shades
CSP-525
Fancy Pants
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 Fancy Pants with a blue hue, complementary colors are those with a orange hue close to 46, such as Benjamin Moore Woodcliff Lake and Silver Fox.
LRV of Fancy Pants
Fancy Pants has an LRV of 14.59% and refers to Medium Dark which means that this color reflects very little 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 14.59%, 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 | #53618F |
| RGB Decimal | 83, 97, 143 |
| RGB Percent | 32.55%, 38.04%, 56.08% |
| HSV | Hue: 226° Saturation: 41.96% Value: 56.08% |
| HSL | hsl(226, 27, 44) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 41.96 Magenta: 32.17 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 43.92 |
| YIQ | Y: 98.058 I: -23.124 Q: 11.354 |
| XYZ | X: 12.798 Y: 12.371 Z: 27.693 |
| CIE Lab | L:41.8 a:7.138 b:-27.062 |
| CIE Luv | L:41.8 u:-8.665 v:-39.524 |
| Decimal | 5464463 |
| Hunter Lab | 35.172, 3.399, -22.061 |
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