Taiga (BM CC-696)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Taiga (BM CC-696) is a deep, warm beige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 28.5, so it reflects about 29 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Taiga
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Taiga by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 Taiga, 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 | Canal Street | SW 9523 | 29 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Muted Sage | N350-5 | 27.7 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Sweet Carolina | 5008-2A | 29 | 1.5 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Sylvan | 1032-4 | 29 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore beige colors nearest to Taiga (LRV 28.5) by LRV.
Lighter than Taiga
Darker than Taiga
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | CC-696 |
| Hex | #95917F |
| RGB | 149, 145, 127 |
| HSL | 49°, 9%, 54% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 28.5 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 60.0, -1.7, 10.1 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Taiga (BM CC-696), published as #95917F
#85877D
#A59B7F
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Benjamin Moore
More from Benjamin Moore
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Taiga (BM CC-696)?
- Taiga has an LRV of 28.5. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Taiga is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Taiga in another brand?
- Canal Street (SW 9523) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Taiga warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Taiga as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 10.1; 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.