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Tranquility for bedroom (3 photos)
Tranquility for living room (4 photos)
Benjamin Moore Tranquility reviews (1 photo)
What are Benjamin Moore Tranquility undertones?
Is Tranquility AF-490 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Tranquility
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Tranquility AF-490
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Tranquility AF-490
Code:	AF-490
Name:	Tranquility
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Tranquility?

Benjamin Moore Tranquility AF-490 is a light, muted gray-green with a gently softened, low-saturation appearance. Its balanced mix of green and gray keeps it from reading overly cool or overly earthy, though the green undertone is more apparent in daylight. In dimmer rooms, this color can settle into a quiet pale gray with a subtle botanical cast. It suits bedrooms, bathrooms, and living areas where a restrained wall color is wanted, and it also makes a calm choice for painted cabinetry. Pair Tranquility with warm white trim, pale oak, linen upholstery, brushed nickel, or charcoal accents for contrast.

Tranquility for bedroom (3 photos)

We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing green shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful cool mid-tone paint color could transform your own bedroom space.

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Tranquility for living room (4 photos)

Check out this stunning mid-tone color used in real living rooms. Explore how this green shade can create a unique space

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Benjamin Moore Tranquility living room paint

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Benjamin Moore Tranquility reviews

View the photos of real spaces painted with this green that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.

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What are Benjamin Moore Tranquility undertones?

Tranquility AF-490 reads as a mid-light, very muted green-gray with low saturation and a soft, understated presence. In the supplied digital sample, the green direction is subtle rather than strong, with a slight yellow-green lean that keeps it from looking like a cool blue-gray. Benjamin Moore describes it as a pale hue distinguished by “soothing sage and chic gray tones,” which aligns with its visibly restrained green-gray main family. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its soft yellow-green cast, while cool daylight can make the gray side appear more noticeable.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#BBC3BB

RGB code:

187, 195, 187

Is Benjamin Moore Tranquility cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 120°, this Green leans cool, but it is near the neutral line and may feel warmer in certain lighting.

AF-490 Tranquility HSL code: 120, 6%, 75%

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 Tranquility

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 Green shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Tranquility:

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-490
Tranquility

Darker shades

AF-490
Tranquility

CSP-780
Summer's Day

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 Tranquility with a yellow hue, complementary colors are those with a purple hue close to 300, such as Benjamin Moore Iris Bliss and Grappa.

AF-490
Tranquility

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LRV of Tranquility

Tranquility has an LRV of 53.31% 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 53.31%, 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	#BBC3BB
RGB Decimal	187, 195, 187
RGB Percent	73.33%, 76.47%, 73.33%
HSV	Hue: 120° Saturation: 4.1% Value: 76.47%
HSL	hsl(120, 6, 75)
CMYK	Cyan: 4.1 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 4.1 Key: 23.53
YIQ	Y: 191.696 I: -2.196 Q: -4.182
XYZ	X: 48.976 Y: 53.183 Z: 54.685
CIE Lab	L:77.983 a:-4.245 b:3.062
CIE Luv	L:77.983 u:-4.079 v:5.278
Decimal	12305339
Hunter Lab	72.926, -7.744, 6.589