Benjamin Moore Smoke 2122-40

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Smoke for bedroom (1 photo)
Smoke for living room (5 photos)
Benjamin Moore Smoke for bathroom (7 photos)
Benjamin Moore 2122-40 on kitchen cabinets (1 photo)
Benjamin Moore Smoke reviews (6 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Smoke undertones?
Is Smoke 2122-40 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Smoke
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Smoke 2122-40
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Smoke 2122-40
Code:	2122-40
Name:	Smoke
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Smoke?

Benjamin Moore Smoke 2122-40 is a light, muted blue-gray with a cool cast and a soft wash of gray that keeps it from reading overly pastel. Its low-saturation color feels airy on broad walls, especially in bedrooms, bathrooms, and quiet workspaces. In brighter daylight, Smoke can show more of its pale blue character, while lower or warmer light brings forward its gray side. Pair it with crisp white trim, pale oak, brushed nickel, and charcoal accents for a clean, layered look. It also makes a gentle cabinet color in rooms that need more color than white without a strong contrast.

Smoke for bedroom

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

Smoke for living room (5 photos)

Check out this stunning light color used in real living rooms. Explore how this blue shade can create a unique space

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Benjamin Moore 2122-40 for bathroom (7 photos)

Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully cool light blue real bathrooms.

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Benjamin Moore 2122-40 on kitchen cabinets

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

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Benjamin Moore Smoke reviews (6 photos)

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

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What are Benjamin Moore Smoke undertones?

Smoke is a light, very muted blue-green gray with a soft, low-saturation appearance rather than a clearly bright blue or green. In the supplied digital sample, the subtle bias leans teal, though that shift is restrained and can read differently across surfaces and lighting. Benjamin Moore describes Smoke as a grayed hue with blue-green undertones, which fits its visible blue-green main color family while keeping the overall effect gray and neutral-leaning. Warm artificial light may bring out more of its gray or green-leaning softness, while cool daylight can make its blue-green cast easier to notice.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#BBC9CA

RGB code:

187, 201, 202

Is Benjamin Moore Smoke cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 184°, this Blue reads cool based on its HSL hue position.

2122-40 Smoke HSL code: 184, 12%, 76%

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 Smoke

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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Afternoon

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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 Blue shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Smoke:

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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Smoke

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 Smoke with a green hue, complementary colors are those with a red hue close to 4, such as Benjamin Moore Quietly Violet and Desert Shadows.

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LRV of Smoke

Smoke has an LRV of 55.74% 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 55.74%, 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	#bbc9ca
RGB Decimal	187, 201, 202
RGB Percent	73.33%, 78.82%, 79.22%
HSV	Hue: 184° Saturation: 7.43% Value: 79.22%
HSL	hsl(184, 12, 76)
CMYK	Cyan: 7.43 Magenta: 0.5 Yellow: 0.0 Key: 20.78
YIQ	Y: 196.928 I: -8.664 Q: -2.65
XYZ	X: 52.038 Y: 56.602 Z: 64.045
CIE Lab	L:79.955 a:-4.562 b:-2.133
CIE Luv	L:79.955 u:-7.727 v:-2.442
Decimal	12306890
Hunter Lab	75.234, -8.195, 2.192