Benjamin Moore Ice Cap 1576

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What are Benjamin Moore Ice Cap undertones?
Is Ice Cap 1576 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Ice Cap
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Ice Cap 1576
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Ice Cap 1576
Code:	1576
Name:	Ice Cap
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Ice Cap?

Benjamin Moore Ice Cap 1576 is a pale, softly muted gray with a noticeable green cast that keeps it from reading flat or icy blue. Its light value gives walls an airy appearance, while the low saturation makes the color feel quiet and restrained rather than distinctly green. In bright natural light, Ice Cap can show more of its gentle leafy undertone; under warm lamps, it tends to settle into a softer gray. It suits bedrooms, bathrooms, and light-filled living areas, especially alongside warm white trim, pale oak, linen, and brushed nickel. For cabinetry or built-ins, pair this shade with deeper charcoal, forest green, or black accents to give its subtle color more definition.

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What are Benjamin Moore Ice Cap undertones?

Ice Cap is a light, near-neutral light gray. Its chroma is so low that assigning a specific hue-based undertone would be misleading. Because it is close to neutral, nearby surfaces and the color of the light can noticeably change how warm or cool it appears.

HEX value:

#D3D9D2

RGB code:

211, 217, 210

Is Benjamin Moore Ice Cap cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 111°, this Blue leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.

1576 Ice Cap HSL code: 111, 8%, 84%

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 Ice Cap

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 Blue shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Ice Cap:

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

1576
Ice Cap

1583
Silver Crest

Darker shades

1576
Ice Cap

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 Ice Cap with a yellow hue, complementary colors are those with a purple hue close to 291, such as Benjamin Moore Iris Bliss and Grappa.

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Ice Cap

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LRV of Ice Cap

Ice Cap has an LRV of 66.94% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 66.94%, 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	#D3D9D2
RGB Decimal	211, 217, 210
RGB Percent	82.75%, 85.10%, 82.35%
HSV	Hue: 111° Saturation: 3.23% Value: 85.1%
HSL	hsl(111, 8, 84)
CMYK	Cyan: 2.76 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 3.23 Key: 14.9
YIQ	Y: 214.408 I: -1.326 Q: -3.448
XYZ	X: 63.307 Y: 68.128 Z: 70.77
CIE Lab	L:86.07 a:-3.301 b:2.738
CIE Luv	L:86.07 u:-2.998 v:4.715
Decimal	13883858
Hunter Lab	82.539, -7.537, 6.942