Soft Moonlight (Behr PPL-30)
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Soft Moonlight (Behr PPL-30) is a very light, warm beige from Behr: LRV 83.2, so it reflects about 83 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Soft Moonlight
Four Behr colors picked for Soft Moonlight 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 Soft Moonlight, 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 | Queen Anne's Lace | SW 6420 | 82 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Ice Milk | CSP-1025 | 81 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Hemingway | 7005-8 | 80 | 1.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Perfect Solution | 1093-1 | 84 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Behr
The Behr beige colors nearest to Soft Moonlight (LRV 83.2 (estimated)) by LRV.
Lighter than Soft Moonlight
Darker than Soft Moonlight
Color data
| Brand | Behr |
|---|---|
| Color code | PPL-30 |
| Hex | #EFECD7 |
| RGB | 239, 236, 215 |
| HSL | 53°, 43%, 89% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 83.2 (estimated from the hex) |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 93.1, -2.5, 10.5 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Soft Moonlight (Behr PPL-30), published as #EFECD7
#DEE2D5
#FFF6D7
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Soft Moonlight (Behr PPL-30)?
- Soft Moonlight has an LRV of 83.2 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Soft Moonlight is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Soft Moonlight in another brand?
- Queen Anne's Lace (SW 6420) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Soft Moonlight warm or cool?
- Behr lists Soft Moonlight as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 10.5; 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.