Benjamin Moore Sea Wind / 1506 / Polar Frost / OC-139

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Benjamin Moore Sea Wind reviews (5 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Sea Wind undertones?
Is Sea Wind OC-139 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Sea Wind
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Sea Wind OC-139
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Sea Wind OC-139
Code:	OC-139
Name:	Sea Wind
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Sea Wind?

Benjamin Moore Sea Wind OC-139 is a pale, muted off-white with a soft beige-yellow cast. Its high lightness gives walls an airy appearance, while the low saturation keeps it from looking overtly creamy. In bright daylight, Sea Wind can read as a lightly warmed neutral; under softer interior lighting, its gentle ivory undertone becomes more noticeable. It suits bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways where a white that feels less stark is wanted. Pair it with natural oak, linen upholstery, warm stone, and deeper taupe or charcoal accents for definition.

Benjamin Moore Sea Wind reviews (5 photos)

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What are Benjamin Moore Sea Wind undertones?

Sea Wind OC-139 reads as a light, very muted off-white with a soft yellowed cast in the supplied digital sample. Its subtle warmth keeps it from looking stark, though the overall color remains close to neutral. Benjamin Moore describes it as balancing green and gray, which suggests a cooler counterpoint to the sample’s visible off-white, yellow-leaning main family rather than a strongly green color. Warm artificial light may make its soft warmth more noticeable, while cool daylight can make it appear cleaner and closer to a pale gray-beige off-white.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#E1DFCF

RGB code:

225, 223, 207

Is Benjamin Moore Sea Wind cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 53°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

OC-139 Sea Wind HSL code: 53, 23%, 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 Sea Wind

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 Beige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Sea Wind:

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 Sea Wind with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 233, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and Evening Dove.

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LRV of Sea Wind

Sea Wind has an LRV of 71.46% 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 71.46%, 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	#E1DFCF
RGB Decimal	225, 223, 207
RGB Percent	88.24%, 87.45%, 81.18%
HSV	Hue: 53° Saturation: 8.0% Value: 88.24%
HSL	hsl(53, 23, 85)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.89 Yellow: 8.0 Key: 11.76
YIQ	Y: 221.774 I: 6.333 Q: -4.556
XYZ	X: 68.699 Y: 73.288 Z: 69.542
CIE Lab	L:88.585 a:-2.079 b:8.083
CIE Luv	L:88.585 u:2.042 v:12.431
Decimal	14802895
Hunter Lab	85.609, -6.572, 11.764