Benjamin Moore Wish AF-680

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Wish for bedroom (1 photo)
Wish for living room (3 photos)
Benjamin Moore AF-680 on kitchen cabinets (1 photo)
Benjamin Moore Wish reviews (2 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Wish undertones?
Is Wish AF-680 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Wish
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Wish AF-680
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Wish AF-680
Code:	AF-680
Name:	Wish
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Wish?

Benjamin Moore Wish AF-680 is a light, muted greige with a soft beige cast and a gentle gray backbone. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overly creamy or overtly cool, giving walls a quiet, lightly weathered look. In bright daylight, Wish can appear pale and airy, while lower or warmer lighting brings out more of its beige warmth. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways where a neutral backdrop should have more presence than plain off-white. Pair it with natural oak, linen upholstery, aged brass, and warm white trim for a layered, grounded interior.

Wish for bedroom

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

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Wish for living room (3 photos)

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

Benjamin Moore Wish living room interior

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Benjamin Moore AF-680 on kitchen cabinets

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

Benjamin Moore Wish kitchen cabinets paint

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Benjamin Moore Wish reviews (2 photos)

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

Benjamin Moore Wish hallway paint review

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What are Benjamin Moore Wish undertones?

Wish AF-680 reads as a light, very muted warm gray with a soft beige cast rather than a sharply cool gray. The supplied digital color has a subtle yellow-leaning bias, though that undertone is faint and can shift with surrounding colors and lighting. Benjamin Moore describes Wish as a gray with “comforting warm undertones,” which aligns with its visibly warm-neutral gray family. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its beige warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear closer to a neutral light gray.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#CFCAC2

RGB code:

207, 202, 194

Is Benjamin Moore Wish cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 37°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

AF-680 Wish HSL code: 37, 12%, 79%

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 Wish

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

Sunrise

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 Wish:

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-680
Wish

Darker shades

AF-680
Wish

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 Wish with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 217, such as Benjamin Moore Normandy and Feather Gray.

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Wish

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LRV of Wish

Wish has an LRV of 58.58% 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 58.58%, 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	#CFCAC2
RGB Decimal	207, 202, 194
RGB Percent	81.18%, 79.22%, 76.08%
HSV	Hue: 37° Saturation: 6.28% Value: 81.18%
HSL	hsl(37, 12, 79)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.42 Yellow: 6.28 Key: 18.82
YIQ	Y: 202.583 I: 5.55 Q: -1.432
XYZ	X: 56.588 Y: 59.402 Z: 59.509
CIE Lab	L:81.512 a:0.319 b:4.604
CIE Luv	L:81.512 u:3.347 v:6.778
Decimal	13617858
Hunter Lab	77.073, -3.819, 8.172