Benjamin Moore Sand Dollar OC-71

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Sand Dollar for living room (2 photos)
Sand Dollar for exterior (1 photo)
What are Benjamin Moore Sand Dollar undertones?
Is Sand Dollar OC-71 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Sand Dollar
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Sand Dollar OC-71
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Sand Dollar OC-71
Code:	OC-71
Name:	Sand Dollar
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Sand Dollar?

Benjamin Moore Sand Dollar OC-71 is a pale off-white with a soft beige cast that keeps it from reading stark or icy. Its high lightness makes it especially useful for brightening walls in living rooms, bedrooms, and open hallways without the sharper look of pure white. In daylight, Sand Dollar appears airy and lightly warmed; under evening lamps, its subtle cream-beige character becomes more noticeable. Pair it with natural oak, linen upholstery, woven textures, and muted taupe or clay accents for a grounded interior palette. It is best suited to broad wall surfaces and ceilings, where its quiet depth can create a gently cohesive backdrop.

Sand Dollar for living room (2 photos)

Check out this stunning light color used in real living rooms. Explore how this grey shade can create a unique space

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Sand Dollar for exterior

Looking for a fresh new look for your house exterior or starting from skretch? We’ve collected pictures of real-life homes that have been painted with this warm grey hue. Find inspiration for your house’s exterior, front doors, gates, shutters, frames or windows.

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What are Benjamin Moore Sand Dollar undertones?

Sand Dollar OC-71 reads as a very light, low-saturation off-white with an overall near-neutral character. In the supplied digital sample, the color leans only slightly yellow, but that bias is subtle enough that it does not support a firm undertone call on its own. Benjamin Moore describes it as “a soft white with a delicate pink cast,” which would place a faint rosy note within its otherwise pale white family. Warm artificial light may make its soft warmth or pink cast easier to notice, while cool daylight can make it appear cleaner and more neutral.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#F0EBE4

RGB code:

240, 235, 228

Is Benjamin Moore Sand Dollar cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 35°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

OC-71 Sand Dollar HSL code: 35, 29%, 92%

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 Sand Dollar

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 Sand Dollar:

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 Sand Dollar with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 215, such as Benjamin Moore Blue Spruce and Normandy.

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LRV of Sand Dollar

Sand Dollar has an LRV of 81.95% and refers to Off‑White colors that reflect a lot of 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 81.95%, 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	#F0EBE4
RGB Decimal	240, 235, 228
RGB Percent	94.12%, 92.16%, 89.41%
HSV	Hue: 35° Saturation: 5.0% Value: 94.12%
HSL	hsl(35, 29, 92)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.08 Yellow: 5.0 Key: 5.88
YIQ	Y: 235.697 I: 5.229 Q: -1.121
XYZ	X: 79.644 Y: 83.544 Z: 85.308
CIE Lab	L:93.252 a:0.47 b:3.989
CIE Luv	L:93.252 u:3.253 v:5.98
Decimal	15789028
Hunter Lab	91.402, -4.417, 8.645