Benjamin Moore Peau de Soie AF-60

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What are Benjamin Moore Peau de Soie undertones?
Is Peau de Soie AF-60 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Peau de Soie
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Peau de Soie AF-60
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Peau de Soie AF-60
Code:	AF-60
Name:	Peau de Soie
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Peau de Soie?

Benjamin Moore Peau de Soie AF-60 is a light, muted beige with a soft cream cast and a gentle warm-gray undertone. Its low-contrast, lightly earthy look keeps it from reading stark white, especially on broad wall surfaces. In sunny rooms, this shade can appear cleaner and more ivory-toned, while lower or cooler light brings out its subdued beige-gray character. Use it in living rooms, bedrooms, or hallways where a quiet neutral backdrop is wanted, and pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, or brushed brass. Deep charcoal, olive green, and clay-toned accents add definition without fighting its restrained warmth.

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What are Benjamin Moore Peau de Soie undertones?

Peau de Soie AF-60 reads as a light, very muted warm neutral with a soft beige-cream character and only a subtle color cast. In the supplied digital sample, its slight bias leans warm, with a faint pinkish-peach impression rather than a strong yellow or gray presence. Benjamin Moore describes it as having “flattering pink undertones,” which fits the gentle rosy note within its overall light neutral family. Warm artificial lighting may bring out more of its cream and pink warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear a little cleaner and less rosy.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#E5DBCE

RGB code:

229, 219, 206

Is Benjamin Moore Peau de Soie cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 34°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

AF-60 Peau de Soie HSL code: 34, 31%, 85%

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 Peau de Soie

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 Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Peau de Soie:

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

AF-60
Peau de Soie

Darker shades

AF-60
Peau de Soie

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 Peau de Soie with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 214, such as Benjamin Moore Nocturnal Gray and Blue Spruce.

AF-60
Peau de Soie

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LRV of Peau de Soie

Peau de Soie has an LRV of 70.71% 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 70.71%, 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	#E5DBCE
RGB Decimal	229, 219, 206
RGB Percent	89.80%, 85.88%, 80.78%
HSV	Hue: 34° Saturation: 10.04% Value: 89.8%
HSL	hsl(34, 31, 85)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.37 Yellow: 10.04 Key: 10.2
YIQ	Y: 220.508 I: 10.136 Q: -1.93
XYZ	X: 68.783 Y: 71.778 Z: 68.607
CIE Lab	L:87.862 a:1.222 b:7.611
CIE Luv	L:87.862 u:6.59 v:11.117
Decimal	15064014
Hunter Lab	84.722, -3.345, 11.293