Dulux Marbled Sands

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What are Dulux Marbled Sands undertones?
Is Marbled Sands cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Marbled Sands
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

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Name:	Marbled Sands
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Marbled Sands?

Dulux Marbled Sands is a soft, muted beige with a warm tan cast and a lightly greyed finish. Its low saturation keeps it from reading overly yellow, giving walls a gentle, natural-looking depth. In bright daylight, Marbled Sands can appear pale and sandy, while warmer evening lighting brings out its biscuit-like warmth. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways, especially alongside off-white trim, oatmeal linens, pale oak, and brushed brass. For more contrast, pair this shade with charcoal, deep olive, or warm brown furnishings.

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What are Dulux Marbled Sands undertones?

Marbled Sands is a mid-light, muted sandy beige. The HEX sample leans yellow-orange; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.

HEX value:

#CBBCA6

RGB code:

203, 188, 166

Is Dulux Marbled Sands cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 36°, this Greige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.

Marbled Sands HSL code: 36, 26%, 72%

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 Marbled Sands

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 Greige shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Marbled Sands:

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

Marbled Sands

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 Marbled Sands with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 216, such as Dulux Denim Drift and Steel Symphony 3.

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Format	Code
HEX	#CBBCA6
RGB Decimal	203, 188, 166
RGB Percent	79.61%, 73.73%, 65.10%
HSV	Hue: 36° Saturation: 18.23% Value: 79.61%
HSL	hsl(36, 26, 72)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 7.39 Yellow: 18.23 Key: 20.39
YIQ	Y: 189.977 I: 16.008 Q: -3.673
XYZ	X: 49.494 Y: 51.417 Z: 43.383
CIE Lab	L:76.931 a:1.696 b:13.056
CIE Luv	L:76.931 u:10.359 v:18.314
Decimal	13352102
Hunter Lab	71.706, -2.278, 14.322