Jotun Soft Comfort 12181

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Soft Comfort for bedroom (6 photos)
Soft Comfort for living room (7 photos)
Jotun 12181 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
What are Jotun Soft Comfort undertones?
Is Soft Comfort 12181 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Soft Comfort
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Soft Comfort 12181
Color codes
Color equivalents

Code:	12181
Name:	Soft Comfort
Brand:	Jotun

What color is Jotun Soft Comfort?

NCS Code: 5504-Y24R

Soft Comfort for bedroom (6 photos)

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 dark paint color could transform your own bedroom space.

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Soft Comfort for living room (7 photos)

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

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Jotun 12181 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)

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

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Jotun Soft Comfort kitchen cabinets paint

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What are Jotun Soft Comfort undertones?

Soft Comfort is a midtone, very muted muted beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. 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:

#8A8176

RGB code:

138, 129, 118

Is Jotun Soft Comfort cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 33°, this black leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

12181 Soft Comfort HSL code: 33, 8%, 50%

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 Soft Comfort

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 black shade looks under different lighting:

2000K

3000K

4000K

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7000K

Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Jotun Soft Comfort:

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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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 Soft Comfort with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 213, such as Jotun Gustavian Blue and Classic Blue.

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LRV of Soft Comfort

Soft Comfort has an LRV of 22.67% and refers to Medium colors that reflect a lot of 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 22.67%, 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	#8a8176
RGB Decimal	138, 129, 118
RGB Percent	54.12%, 50.59%, 46.27%
HSV	Hue: 33° Saturation: 14.49% Value: 54.12%
HSL	hsl(33, 8, 50)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 6.52 Yellow: 14.49 Key: 45.88
YIQ	Y: 130.437 I: 8.898 Q: -1.519
XYZ	X: 21.601 Y: 22.412 Z: 20.323
CIE Lab	L:54.462 a:1.414 b:7.188
CIE Luv	L:54.462 u:6.016 v:9.456
Decimal	9077110
Hunter Lab	47.341, -1.401, 7.687