Benjamin Moore Inner Balance 1522
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| Official page: | Inner Balance 1522 |
| Code: | 1522 |
| Name: | Inner Balance |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Inner Balance?
Benjamin Moore Inner Balance 1522 is a light, muted beige with a soft warm-gray base and a gentle khaki cast. Its low saturation keeps it understated on broad walls, where it reads as a quiet neutral rather than a distinctly yellow or tan shade. In bright daylight, Inner Balance can appear pale and slightly creamy, while lower or cooler light brings out more of its gray-beige side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways, especially alongside off-white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, and brushed brass. For contrast, pair this color with deeper olive greens, charcoal accents, or warm brown woods.
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What are Benjamin Moore Inner Balance undertones?
Inner Balance is a light, very muted straw beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow. 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:
205, 199, 179
Is Benjamin Moore Inner Balance cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 46°, this Greige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
1522 Inner Balance HSL code: 46, 21%, 75%
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 Inner Balance
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 Greige shade looks under different lighting:
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Inner Balance:
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
Darker shades
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 Inner Balance with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 226, such as Benjamin Moore Bachelor Blue and Approaching Storm.
LRV of Inner Balance
Inner Balance has an LRV of 56.38% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident 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 56.38%, 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 | #CDC7B3 |
| RGB Decimal | 205, 199, 179 |
| RGB Percent | 80.39%, 78.04%, 70.20% |
| HSV | Hue: 46° Saturation: 12.68% Value: 80.39% |
| HSL | hsl(46, 21, 75) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.93 Yellow: 12.68 Key: 19.61 |
| YIQ | Y: 198.514 I: 10.002 Q: -4.955 |
| XYZ | X: 53.736 Y: 57.081 Z: 50.823 |
| CIE Lab | L:80.225 a:-1.326 b:10.764 |
| CIE Luv | L:80.225 u:4.665 v:15.864 |
| Decimal | 13486003 |
| Hunter Lab | 75.552, -5.26, 13.003 |
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