Valspar UK Moon Shot R74B

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What are Valspar UK Moon Shot undertones?
Is Moon Shot R74B cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Moon Shot
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Moon Shot R74B
Code:	R74B
Name:	Moon Shot
Brand:	Valspar UK

What color is Valspar UK Moon Shot?

Valspar UK Moon Shot R74B is a pale, low-saturation grey with a subtle warm beige cast. Its soft, lightly weathered appearance keeps it from reading as a stark white, making it useful for larger wall areas in living rooms, bedrooms, and hallways. In bright daylight, Moon Shot can look like a clean, gentle greige, while lower or north-facing light may bring out its quieter grey side. Pair it with chalky whites, mushroom browns, muted sage greens, or charcoal details for definition. Natural oak, linen upholstery, brushed nickel, and pale stone all suit this understated shade.

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What are Valspar UK Moon Shot undertones?

Moon Shot is a 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:

#CCC9C1

RGB code:

204, 201, 193

Is Valspar UK Moon Shot cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 44°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

R74B Moon Shot HSL code: 44, 10%, 78%

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 Moon Shot

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 Valspar UK Moon Shot:

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

R74B
Moon Shot

Darker shades

R74B
Moon Shot

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 Moon Shot with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 224, such as Valspar UK Milky Way and Laura Grey.

R74B
Moon Shot

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#ccc9c1
RGB Decimal	204, 201, 193
RGB Percent	80.00%, 78.82%, 75.69%
HSV	Hue: 44° Saturation: 5.39% Value: 80.0%
HSL	hsl(44, 9.73, 77.84)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 1.47 Yellow: 5.39 Key: 20.0
YIQ	Y: 200.985 I: 4.358 Q: -1.855
XYZ	X: 55.412 Y: 58.461 Z: 58.803
CIE Lab	L:80.995 a:-0.386 b:4.362
CIE Luv	L:80.995 u:2.18 v:6.542
Decimal	13420993
Hunter Lab	76.46, -4.442, 7.924