Sherwin Williams Steamed Chai SW 9509
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- Steamed Chai for bedroom (1 photo)
- Steamed Chai for living room (7 photos)
- Sherwin Williams Steamed Chai for bathroom (2 photos)
- Sherwin Williams SW 9509 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
- Sherwin Williams Steamed Chai reviews (9 photos)
- What are Sherwin Williams Steamed Chai undertones?
- Is Steamed Chai SW 9509 cool or warm?
- How light temperature affects on Steamed Chai
- Monochromatic color scheme
- Complementary color scheme
- Color comparison and matching
- LRV of Steamed Chai SW 9509
- Color codes
- Color equivalents
| Code: | SW 9509 |
| Name: | Steamed Chai |
| Brand: | Sherwin Williams |
| Collections: | Emerald Designer Edition - Form + Function |
What color is Sherwin Williams Steamed Chai?
Sherwin Williams Steamed Chai SW 9509 is a light, creamy beige with soft tan and faint peachy undertones that keep it from reading flat or gray. In bright daylight, it can look like lightly frothed milk tea—pale and airy—while warm bulbs bring out more of its biscuit-like warmth. North-facing rooms may make the shade appear a little more muted and taupe, so it is especially useful where a stark white would feel too cool. Steamed Chai suits living-room walls, bedrooms, and hallways, and it also makes a gentle cabinet color when paired with warm white trim. Use it alongside natural oak, woven linen, brushed brass, terracotta, and muted olive or clay accents for a grounded, lived-in look.
Steamed Chai for bedroom
We’ve hand-picked a beautiful collection of photos of this amazing beige shade used in real bedrooms. Take a look and imagine how this wonderful warm light paint color could transform your own bedroom space.
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Steamed Chai for living room (7 photos)
Check out this stunning light color used in real living rooms. Explore how this beige shade can create a unique space
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Sherwin Williams SW 9509 for bathroom (2 photos)
Looking for inspiration for your dream bathroom renovation project? These beautiful handpicked photos will show you this delightfully warm light beige real bathrooms.
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Sherwin Williams SW 9509 on kitchen cabinets (4 photos)
Want a stylish kitchen? View real-life photo examples of this fascinating warm beige hue is paired with backsplashes, countertops, and hardware.
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Sherwin Williams Steamed Chai reviews (9 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 Steamed Chai undertones?
Steamed Chai is a 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:
224, 212, 189
Is Sherwin Williams Steamed Chai cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 39°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
SW 9509 Steamed Chai HSL code: 39, 36%, 81%
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 Steamed Chai
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:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Sherwin Williams Steamed Chai:
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
SW 9509
Steamed Chai
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 Steamed Chai with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 219, such as Sherwin Williams Sea Mariner and Starry Night.
LRV of Steamed Chai
Steamed Chai has an LRV of 66.53% and refers to Light colors that reflect most 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 66.53%, 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 | #e0d4bd |
| RGB Decimal | 224, 212, 189 |
| RGB Percent | 87.84%, 83.14%, 74.12% |
| HSV | Hue: 39° Saturation: 15.62% Value: 87.84% |
| HSL | hsl(39, 36, 81) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 5.36 Yellow: 15.62 Key: 12.16 |
| YIQ | Y: 212.966 I: 14.542 Q: -4.619 |
| XYZ | X: 63.468 Y: 66.609 Z: 57.644 |
| CIE Lab | L:85.306 a:0.362 b:12.873 |
| CIE Luv | L:85.306 u:8.466 v:18.702 |
| Decimal | 14734525 |
| Hunter Lab | 81.615, -4.014, 15.254 |
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