Riding Boots (BM CSP-300)
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Riding Boots (BM CSP-300) is a very deep, warm brown from Benjamin Moore: LRV 10.6, so it reflects about 11 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Riding Boots
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Riding Boots 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 Riding Boots, 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 | Rookwood Medium Brown | SW 2807 | 10 | 1.5 | very close |
| Behr | Traditional Leather | ICC-81 | 9.3 | 1.2 | very close |
| Valspar | Roasted Coffee | 2009-10 | 9 | 2.9 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Bigfoot | 1061-7 | 10 | 2.9 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore brown colors nearest to Riding Boots (LRV 10.6) by LRV.
Lighter than Riding Boots
Darker than Riding Boots
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | CSP-300 |
| Hex | #6B4E3E |
| RGB | 107, 78, 62 |
| HSL | 21°, 27%, 33% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 10.6 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 35.8, 9.9, 14.3 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Brown |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Riding Boots (BM CSP-300), published as #6B4E3E
#5E463D
#79573D
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Riding Boots (BM CSP-300)?
- Riding Boots has an LRV of 10.6. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Riding Boots is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Riding Boots in another brand?
- Traditional Leather (Behr ICC-81) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.2 (very close).
- Is Riding Boots warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Riding Boots as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 14.3; 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.