Benjamin Moore Knitting Basket CSP-405

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What are Benjamin Moore Knitting Basket undertones?
Is Knitting Basket CSP-405 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Knitting Basket
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Knitting Basket CSP-405
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Knitting Basket CSP-405
Code:	CSP-405
Name:	Knitting Basket
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Knitting Basket?

Benjamin Moore Knitting Basket CSP-405 is a muted light beige with a soft gray cast and a noticeable warmth from its subtly rosy-tan base. It sits in the mid-light range, giving walls definition without reading heavy or dark. In bright daylight, this color can look like a pale, weathered putty, while warmer evening lighting brings out its gentle blush-beige character. Knitting Basket suits bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways where a quiet neutral is wanted without the crispness of white. Pair it with creamy off-whites, charcoal accents, aged brass, oak, linen, and natural stone for a layered, grounded interior.

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What are Benjamin Moore Knitting Basket undertones?

Knitting Basket is a mid-light, very muted muted beige. The HEX sample has a subtle orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear orange. 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:

#C5B7AC

RGB code:

197, 183, 172

Is Benjamin Moore Knitting Basket cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 26°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

CSP-405 Knitting Basket HSL code: 26, 18%, 72%

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 Knitting Basket

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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Morning

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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 Knitting Basket:

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 Knitting Basket with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 206, such as Benjamin Moore Nimbus Gray and Providence Blue.

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LRV of Knitting Basket

Knitting Basket has an LRV of 48.42% 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 48.42%, 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	#C5B7AC
RGB Decimal	197, 183, 172
RGB Percent	77.25%, 71.76%, 67.45%
HSV	Hue: 26° Saturation: 12.69% Value: 77.25%
HSL	hsl(26, 18, 72)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 7.11 Yellow: 12.69 Key: 22.75
YIQ	Y: 185.932 I: 11.877 Q: -0.462
XYZ	X: 47.405 Y: 48.717 Z: 45.925
CIE Lab	L:75.275 a:3.094 b:7.382
CIE Luv	L:75.275 u:8.987 v:10.136
Decimal	12957612
Hunter Lab	69.797, -0.912, 9.847