One To Remember (Behr MQ1-23)

One To Remember Behr MQ1-23#DCBDAD, LRV 54.6 (estimated)
Living room with walls painted Behr One To Remember MQ1-23 (simulated)
Living room, walls in One To Remember

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One To Remember (Behr MQ1-23) is a medium, warm beige from Behr: LRV 54.6, so it reflects about 55 percent of the light that hits it.

Colors that go with One To Remember

Four Behr colors picked for One To Remember by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 One To Remember, 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.

BrandClosest colorCodeLRVdeltaEHow close
Sherwin-WilliamsLikeable SandSW 6058502.5noticeably different
Benjamin MooreMilk Shake116555.61.5very close
ValsparPacific Shoreline2006-8B541.1very close
PPG PaintsCinnamon Ice1071-4531.7very close

Lighter and darker in Behr

Color data

BrandBehr
Color codeMQ1-23
Hex#DCBDAD
RGB220, 189, 173
HSL20°, 40%, 77%
LRV (light reflectance value)54.6 (estimated from the hex)
Lab L*, a*, b*78.8, 8.6, 12.2
UndertoneWarm Yellow-Red
Temperaturewarm
Color familyBeige

Same paint, two kinds of light

One To Remember (Behr MQ1-23), published as #DCBDAD

North light (cool, indirect)
#CCB3AB
South light (warm, direct)
#EDC7AD

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Common questions

What is the LRV of One To Remember (Behr MQ1-23)?
One To Remember has an LRV of 54.6 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so One To Remember is a medium color.
What is the closest match to One To Remember in another brand?
Pacific Shoreline (Valspar 2006-8B) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 1.1 (very close).
Is One To Remember warm or cool?
Behr lists One To Remember as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 12.2; 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.

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