Sherwin Williams Nantucket Dune SW 7527
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- Nantucket Dune for living room (4 photos)
- Sherwin Williams Nantucket Dune for bathroom (3 photos)
- Sherwin Williams Nantucket Dune reviews (8 photos)
- What are Sherwin Williams Nantucket Dune undertones?
- Is Nantucket Dune SW 7527 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Nantucket Dune
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Nantucket Dune SW 7527
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Code: | SW 7527 |
| Name: | Nantucket Dune |
| Brand: | Sherwin Williams |
| Collections: | Living Well, Senior Living Cool Foundations, Timeless Color Wall |
What color is Sherwin Williams Nantucket Dune?
Sherwin Williams Nantucket Dune SW 7527 is a light, muted beige with a noticeable warm cast from its soft tan and sandy undertones. It has enough gray-brown restraint to avoid reading overly yellow, giving walls a quiet, grounded look rather than a crisp cream finish. In bright daylight, this color can appear lighter and more sandy, while lower or warmer lighting may bring out its beige-tan depth. Nantucket Dune suits living rooms, bedrooms, and open-plan spaces, especially alongside off-white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, and woven textures. For contrast, pair it with charcoal accents, deep olive, or matte black hardware.
Nantucket Dune for living room (4 photos)
Check out this stunning mid-tone color used in real living rooms. Explore how this beige shade can create a unique space
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Sherwin Williams SW 7527 for bathroom (3 photos)
Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm mid-tone beige real bathrooms.
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Sherwin Williams Nantucket Dune reviews (8 photos)
View the photos of real spaces painted with this beige that were not included in specific categories. Close-ups, painted furniture, storages and dressers, hallways, stairs and ceilings.
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What are Sherwin Williams Nantucket Dune undertones?
Nantucket Dune 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:
RGB code:
208, 191, 170
Is Sherwin Williams Nantucket Dune cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 33°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
SW 7527 Nantucket Dune HSL code: 33, 29%, 74%
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 Nantucket Dune
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
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 Sherwin Williams Nantucket Dune:
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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Nantucket Dune
Darker shades
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 Nantucket Dune with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 213, such as Sherwin Williams Mount Etna and Debonair.
LRV of Nantucket Dune
Nantucket Dune has an LRV of 53.58% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident light. Why LRV is important?
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 53.58%, 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
We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #d0bfaa |
| RGB Decimal | 208, 191, 170 |
| RGB Percent | 81.57%, 74.90%, 66.67% |
| HSV | Hue: 33° Saturation: 18.27% Value: 81.57% |
| HSL | hsl(33, 29, 74) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 8.17 Yellow: 18.27 Key: 18.43 |
| YIQ | Y: 193.689 I: 16.879 Q: -2.939 |
| XYZ | X: 51.898 Y: 53.575 Z: 45.626 |
| CIE Lab | L:78.213 a:2.58 b:12.773 |
| CIE Luv | L:78.213 u:11.532 v:17.824 |
| Decimal | 13680554 |
| Hunter Lab | 73.195, -1.527, 14.278 |
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