Benjamin Moore Hampshire Taupe / CC-396 / Stone Castle / 990

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Hampshire Taupe for bedroom (2 photos)
Hampshire Taupe for living room (2 photos)
Benjamin Moore Hampshire Taupe reviews (4 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Hampshire Taupe undertones?
Is Hampshire Taupe 990 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Hampshire Taupe
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Hampshire Taupe 990
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Hampshire Taupe 990
Code:	990
Name:	Hampshire Taupe
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Hampshire Taupe?

Benjamin Moore Hampshire Taupe 990 is a light, muted taupe with a warm beige base and a soft gray cast. Its low-key color keeps it from reading overly tan, while the subtle warmth prevents it from feeling stark or chilly. In bright daylight, Hampshire Taupe can look like a pale putty neutral; under warmer bulbs, its beige side becomes more noticeable. It suits living room walls, bedrooms, hallways, and open-plan spaces where a gentle neutral is needed without the crispness of off-white. Pair it with creamy trim, weathered oak, linen upholstery, charcoal details, or brushed brass for a grounded, natural-looking palette.

Hampshire Taupe for bedroom (2 photos)

We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing beige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm mid-tone paint color could transform your own bedroom space.

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Hampshire Taupe 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 Hampshire Taupe reviews (4 photos)

View the photos of real spaces painted with this beige 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 Hampshire Taupe undertones?

Hampshire Taupe is a mid-light, very muted greige with a soft beige-taupe character rather than a strong gray or brown presence. In the supplied digital sample, it leans subtly warm, with a faint orange-red and yellow bias, though that undertone is quiet and can shift with surrounding colors and lighting. Benjamin Moore describes it as a versatile greige that recalls a sun-aged stone façade, which fits its visible balance of grayed beige and taupe. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its beige warmth, while cool daylight can make its gray side appear a little more noticeable.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#CABDAF

RGB code:

202, 189, 175

Is Benjamin Moore Hampshire Taupe cool or warm?

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cool

With a hue of 31°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

990 Hampshire Taupe HSL code: 31, 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 Hampshire Taupe

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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Hampshire Taupe:

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

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Darker shades

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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 Hampshire Taupe with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 211, such as Benjamin Moore Nimbus Gray and Providence Blue.

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LRV of Hampshire Taupe

Hampshire Taupe has an LRV of 50.69% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident 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 50.69%, 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	#CABDAF
RGB Decimal	202, 189, 175
RGB Percent	79.22%, 74.12%, 68.63%
HSV	Hue: 31° Saturation: 13.37% Value: 79.22%
HSL	hsl(31, 20, 74)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.44 Yellow: 13.37 Key: 20.78
YIQ	Y: 191.291 I: 12.246 Q: -1.607
XYZ	X: 50.291 Y: 52.048 Z: 47.943
CIE Lab	L:77.309 a:2.214 b:8.724
CIE Luv	L:77.309 u:8.561 v:12.247
Decimal	13286831
Hunter Lab	72.144, -1.82, 11.1