Benjamin Moore Precocious 051
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| Official page: | Precocious 051 |
| Code: | 051 |
| Name: | Precocious |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Precocious?
Benjamin Moore Precocious 051 is a light, muted peach-beige with a noticeable warm blush beneath its creamy surface. Its soft depth keeps it from reading stark, making it well suited to bedrooms, powder rooms, and living areas that need gentle color without a strong pink effect. In bright daylight, Precocious can appear airy and lightly peach-toned, while evening lighting brings forward its warmer beige and rosy notes. Pair it with warm white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, and brushed brass for a cohesive look. Deep terracotta, dusty olive, and soft cocoa accents can add contrast without fighting this shade’s quiet warmth.
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What are Benjamin Moore Precocious undertones?
Precocious is a light, muted soft red. The HEX sample leans red; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. 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:
238, 206, 193
Is Benjamin Moore Precocious cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 17° on the HSL hue wheel, this Pink sits firmly on the warm side.
051 Precocious HSL code: 17, 57%, 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 Precocious
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 Pink shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Precocious:
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.
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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 Precocious with a red hue, complementary colors are those with a green hue close to 197, such as Benjamin Moore Windy Sky and Ocean City Blue.
LRV of Precocious
Precocious has an LRV of 64.17% 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 64.17%, 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 | #EECEC1 |
| RGB Decimal | 238, 206, 193 |
| RGB Percent | 93.33%, 80.78%, 75.69% |
| HSV | Hue: 17° Saturation: 18.91% Value: 93.33% |
| HSL | hsl(17, 57, 85) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 13.45 Yellow: 18.91 Key: 6.67 |
| YIQ | Y: 214.086 I: 23.246 Q: 2.724 |
| XYZ | X: 66.956 Y: 66.172 Z: 59.683 |
| CIE Lab | L:85.084 a:9.184 b:10.604 |
| CIE Luv | L:85.084 u:20.346 v:13.818 |
| Decimal | 15650497 |
| Hunter Lab | 81.346, 4.568, 13.442 |
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