Vitamin C
P230-3 · #FFCFA7 · LRV 69 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Venetian Plaster42
- 2Colonial Yellow59
- 3Vitamin C69
- 4Juno Peach74
What Color Is Vitamin C, Really?
Vitamin C reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr P230-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Vitamin C
Vitamin C 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. Earthy oranges and terracottas warm up dining rooms and entries.
How Lighting Changes Vitamin C
At LRV 69, Vitamin C is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange 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 Vitamin C 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 P230-3 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 | FlanSW 6652 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.6 | 69 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Orange Sherbet122 · Benjamin Moore | 1.8 | 69 | Color page → |
| Valspar | TutuV048-2 · Valspar | 0.7 | 67.5 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Ginger PeachPPG1203-4 · PPG / Glidden | 3.5 | 67 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Ginger PeachPPG1203-4 · Glidden | 4.0 | 68 | Color page → |
| HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams | Bountiful PeachHGSW 1137 · HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams | 4.6 | 69 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Vitamin C 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 #FFCFA7 in HSL space. Pair Vitamin C with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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