Mauve Morning
UL250-11 · #D8CFD0 · LRV 64 — warm red tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Mauve Morning, Really?
Mauve Morning reads as a warm red tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr UL250-11 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Mauve Morning
Mauve Morning is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Mauve Morning
At LRV 64, Mauve Morning is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its red undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Mauve Morning are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr UL250-11 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | WallflowerSW 6281 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.5 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | New Age1444 · Benjamin Moore | 1.1 | 63 | Color page → |
| Valspar | White Pepper4001-1A · Valspar | 2.8 | 63.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | BalancedPPG1003-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.6 | 65 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Executive Taupe70RR 64/034 · Glidden | 1.5 | 64 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Utopia245-1DB · Dutch Boy | 2.1 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Mauve Morning within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #D8CFD0 in HSL space. Pair Mauve Morning with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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