Benjamin Moore Lace Handkerchief CSP-220

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What are Benjamin Moore Lace Handkerchief undertones?
Is Lace Handkerchief CSP-220 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Lace Handkerchief
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Lace Handkerchief CSP-220
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Lace Handkerchief CSP-220
Code:	CSP-220
Name:	Lace Handkerchief
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Lace Handkerchief?

Benjamin Moore Lace Handkerchief CSP-220 is a light, muted beige with a noticeable warm, sandy cast. Its soft yellow-tan undertone keeps it from reading as a stark off-white, while the low saturation gives it a gently weathered appearance. In bright daylight, Lace Handkerchief can look pale and airy; under warm evening bulbs, its beige warmth becomes more apparent. It suits living room and bedroom walls where a quiet neutral is wanted without the coolness of gray-based whites. Pair it with creamy trim, natural oak, woven linen, aged brass, and deeper mushroom or olive accents for a grounded palette.

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What are Benjamin Moore Lace Handkerchief undertones?

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

#D5CBB8

RGB code:

213, 203, 184

Is Benjamin Moore Lace Handkerchief cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 39°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

CSP-220 Lace Handkerchief HSL code: 39, 26%, 78%

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 Lace Handkerchief

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 Lace Handkerchief:

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-220
Lace Handkerchief

Darker shades

CSP-220
Lace Handkerchief

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 Lace Handkerchief with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 219, such as Benjamin Moore Normandy and Feather Gray.

CSP-220
Lace Handkerchief

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LRV of Lace Handkerchief

Lace Handkerchief has an LRV of 59.61% 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 59.61%, 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	#D5CBB8
RGB Decimal	213, 203, 184
RGB Percent	83.53%, 79.61%, 72.16%
HSV	Hue: 39° Saturation: 13.62% Value: 83.53%
HSL	hsl(39, 26, 78)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.69 Yellow: 13.62 Key: 16.47
YIQ	Y: 203.824 I: 12.065 Q: -3.797
XYZ	X: 57.447 Y: 60.32 Z: 53.951
CIE Lab	L:82.012 a:0.282 b:10.724
CIE Luv	L:82.012 u:7.016 v:15.576
Decimal	14011320
Hunter Lab	77.666, -3.884, 13.18