Tea Room (BM AF-270)
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Tea Room (BM AF-270) is a deep, warm brown from Benjamin Moore: LRV 20.2, so it reflects about 20 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Tea Room
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Tea Room by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper brown, 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 Tea Room, 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 | Reddened Earth | SW 6053 | 19 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Brandy | 190F-5 | 19.2 | 1.4 | very close |
| Valspar | Savannah Red | 1008-7B | 19 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Clay Ridge | 1053-6 | 18 | 3.0 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore brown colors nearest to Tea Room (LRV 20.2) by LRV.
Lighter than Tea Room
Darker than Tea Room
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | AF-270 |
| Hex | #A06E68 |
| RGB | 160, 110, 104 |
| HSL | 6°, 23%, 52% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 20.2 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 51.4, 19.1, 11.4 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Tea Room (BM AF-270), published as #A06E68
#916566
#AF7768
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Tea Room (BM AF-270)?
- Tea Room has an LRV of 20.2. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Tea Room is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Tea Room in another brand?
- Brandy (Behr 190F-5) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.4 (very close).
- Is Tea Room warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Tea Room as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.4; 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.