Dulux Slow Living

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

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Name:	Slow Living
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Slow Living?

Dulux Slow Living is a light, muted warm grey with soft beige and faint rosy undertones. Its low saturation gives it a gently weathered, plaster-like look rather than a crisp or creamy finish. In daylight, it reads as a pale greige, while warmer evening lighting can bring out its subtle blush-brown cast. Use this color on bedroom, living room, or hallway walls where a quiet neutral backdrop is wanted without the coolness of blue-based grey. It pairs well with off-white trim, natural oak, linen upholstery, aged brass, and deeper charcoal or earthy brown accents.

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What are Dulux Slow Living undertones?

Slow Living is a mid-light, near-neutral light gray. Its chroma is so low that assigning a specific hue-based undertone would be misleading. Because it is close to neutral, nearby surfaces and the color of the light can noticeably change how warm or cool it appears.

HEX value:

#C5BFB9

RGB code:

197, 191, 185

Is Dulux Slow Living cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 30°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

Slow Living HSL code: 30, 9%, 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 Slow Living

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

Sunrise

Morning

Noon

Afternoon

Sunset

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 Dulux Slow Living:

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

Slow Living

Darker shades

Slow Living

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 Slow Living with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 210, such as Dulux Denim Drift and Steel Symphony 3.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#C5BFB9
RGB Decimal	197, 191, 185
RGB Percent	77.25%, 74.90%, 72.55%
HSV	Hue: 30° Saturation: 6.09% Value: 77.25%
HSL	hsl(30, 9, 75)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 3.05 Yellow: 6.09 Key: 22.75
YIQ	Y: 192.11 I: 5.503 Q: -0.598
XYZ	X: 50.412 Y: 52.635 Z: 53.39
CIE Lab	L:77.659 a:1.03 b:3.77
CIE Luv	L:77.659 u:3.822 v:5.38
Decimal	12959673
Hunter Lab	72.55, -2.931, 7.153