Benjamin Moore Vapor AF-35

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Vapor for living room (1 photo)
Benjamin Moore Vapor reviews (3 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Vapor undertones?
Is Vapor AF-35 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Vapor
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Vapor AF-35
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Vapor AF-35
Code:	AF-35
Name:	Vapor
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Vapor?

Benjamin Moore Vapor AF-35 is a very light, softly warmed off-white with a muted cream-beige cast. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overtly yellow, while the gentle warmth helps it feel less stark than a clean white. In bright daylight, Vapor can appear pale and airy; under warmer bulbs, its creamy undertone becomes more noticeable. It is well suited to living room, bedroom, and hallway walls where a quiet neutral backdrop is wanted. Pair this color with natural oak, linen, matte black hardware, or deeper taupe and charcoal accents for contrast.

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What are Benjamin Moore Vapor undertones?

Vapor AF-35 reads as a very light, muted off-white with low saturation and a subtle yellow-leaning cast in the supplied digital sample. Benjamin Moore describes it as having muted cream undertones, which fits its visible off-white family by giving it a gentle warmth rather than a crisp, bright-white appearance. Because the color is so light and restrained, the warm bias may be more noticeable beside cooler whites or gray surfaces. Warm artificial light can make its cream character appear stronger, while cool daylight may make it look cleaner and closer to neutral.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#EFECDF

RGB code:

239, 236, 223

Is Benjamin Moore Vapor cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 49°, this Grey reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

AF-35 Vapor HSL code: 49, 33%, 91%

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 Vapor

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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Morning

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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 Vapor:

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-35
Vapor

OC-130
Cloud White

Darker shades

AF-35
Vapor

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 Vapor with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 229, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and Comet.

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LRV of Vapor

Vapor has an LRV of 81.6% 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 81.6%, 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	#EFECDF
RGB Decimal	239, 236, 223
RGB Percent	93.73%, 92.55%, 87.45%
HSV	Hue: 49° Saturation: 6.69% Value: 93.73%
HSL	hsl(49, 33, 91)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.26 Yellow: 6.69 Key: 6.27
YIQ	Y: 235.415 I: 5.965 Q: -3.411
XYZ	X: 78.909 Y: 83.67 Z: 81.785
CIE Lab	L:93.307 a:-1.222 b:6.657
CIE Luv	L:93.307 u:2.445 v:10.276
Decimal	15723743
Hunter Lab	91.471, -6.09, 11.018