Benjamin Moore Smokey Taupe 983

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Smokey Taupe for living room (10 photos)
Benjamin Moore 983 on kitchen cabinets (3 photos)
Benjamin Moore Smokey Taupe reviews (10 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Smokey Taupe undertones?
Is Smokey Taupe 983 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Smokey Taupe
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Smokey Taupe 983
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Smokey Taupe 983
Code:	983
Name:	Smokey Taupe
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Smokey Taupe?

Benjamin Moore Smokey Taupe 983 is a light, muted taupe with a soft beige base and a noticeable gray cast. Its low-saturation appearance keeps it from reading overtly creamy, giving walls a quiet, grounded neutral that still has warmth. In bright daylight, Smokey Taupe can look like a pale greige, while lower or warmer lighting brings out more of its beige-brown character. It suits bedrooms, living rooms, and hallways, especially alongside off-white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, and aged brass. For contrast, pair this shade with deeper charcoal, mushroom brown, or dusty blue-gray accents.

Smokey Taupe for living room (10 photos)

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Benjamin Moore 983 on kitchen cabinets (3 photos)

Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm beige hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.

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Benjamin Moore Smokey Taupe reviews (10 photos)

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What are Benjamin Moore Smokey Taupe undertones?

Smokey Taupe is a light, highly muted neutral with a soft beige-taupe character rather than a distinctly gray or brown look. In the supplied digital sample, its subtle bias leans yellow, which reads as a gentle warmth within the otherwise low-saturation neutral. Benjamin Moore describes it as a neutral with “just a touch of warmth,” consistent with that visible warm-leaning beige cast. Warm artificial light may bring out its creamy beige side, while cool daylight may make it appear a little more subdued and gray-leaning.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#CDC4B5

RGB code:

205, 196, 181

Is Benjamin Moore Smokey Taupe cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 38°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

983 Smokey Taupe HSL code: 38, 19%, 76%

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 Smokey Taupe

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 Smokey Taupe:

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 Smokey Taupe with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 218, such as Benjamin Moore Normandy and Feather Gray.

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LRV of Smokey Taupe

Smokey Taupe has an LRV of 54.53% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half 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 54.53%, 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	#CDC4B5
RGB Decimal	205, 196, 181
RGB Percent	80.39%, 76.86%, 70.98%
HSV	Hue: 37° Saturation: 11.71% Value: 80.39%
HSL	hsl(38, 19, 76)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.39 Yellow: 11.71 Key: 19.61
YIQ	Y: 196.981 I: 10.183 Q: -2.764
XYZ	X: 53.256 Y: 55.796 Z: 51.668
CIE Lab	L:79.498 a:0.577 b:8.654
CIE Luv	L:79.498 u:6.172 v:12.517
Decimal	13485237
Hunter Lab	74.697, -3.455, 11.277