Vivid Beauty (BM 138)
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Vivid Beauty (BM 138) is a medium, warm orange from Benjamin Moore: LRV 54.1, so it reflects about 54 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Vivid Beauty
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Vivid Beauty by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper orange, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Vivid Beauty, 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 | Tangerine | SW 6640 | 50 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Coral Gold | 250B-4 | 57.7 | 1.0 | very close |
| Valspar | Tangerine Cream | 2007-3C | 55 | 1.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Orange Marmalade | 1197-5 | 51 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore orange colors nearest to Vivid Beauty (LRV 54.1) by LRV.
Lighter than Vivid Beauty
Darker than Vivid Beauty
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 138 |
| Hex | #FDB580 |
| RGB | 253, 181, 128 |
| HSL | 25°, 97%, 75% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 54.1 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 79.3, 20.2, 37.3 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Orange |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Vivid Beauty (BM 138), published as #FDB580
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Vivid Beauty (BM 138)?
- Vivid Beauty has an LRV of 54.1. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Vivid Beauty is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Vivid Beauty in another brand?
- Coral Gold (Behr 250B-4) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.0 (very close).
- Is Vivid Beauty warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Vivid Beauty as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 37.3; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). 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.