Smooth Coffee (Behr 740B-7)
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Smooth Coffee (Behr 740B-7) is a very deep, neutral brown from Behr: LRV 8.3, so it reflects about 8 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Smooth Coffee
Three Behr colors picked for Smooth Coffee by this site's color math: a trim white, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Behr did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Smooth Coffee, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Metropolis | SW 9575 | 8 | 2.9 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Fresco Urbain | 1253 | 9.3 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Virginia Soil | 1003-9A | 9 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Chocolate Pretzel | 1017-7 | 9 | 1.8 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Behr
The Behr brown colors nearest to Smooth Coffee (LRV 8.3 (estimated)) by LRV.
Lighter than Smooth Coffee
Darker than Smooth Coffee
Color data
| Brand | Behr |
|---|---|
| Color code | 740B-7 |
| Hex | #5D4E4C |
| RGB | 93, 78, 76 |
| HSL | 7°, 10%, 33% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 8.3 (estimated from the hex) |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 34.6, 5.9, 3.5 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Smooth Coffee (Behr 740B-7), published as #5D4E4C
#4F464A
#6C574C
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Smooth Coffee (Behr 740B-7)?
- Smooth Coffee has an LRV of 8.3 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Smooth Coffee is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Smooth Coffee in another brand?
- Virginia Soil (Valspar 1003-9A) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is Smooth Coffee warm or cool?
- Behr lists Smooth Coffee as neutral, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 3.5; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value. Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.