Powell Buff
Often used for its versatile and reflective qualities, Powell Buff remains a staple for Benjamin Moore designers. It is widely considered one of the best colors in its class to provide a clean, timeless feel that works across various lighting conditions. We've gathered 4 real-home scenarios to help you visualize this color alongside our expert data.
Hex
#DECCA7
LRV
59.43
Powell Buff in Real Rooms
Powell Buff has a high LRV of 59.43 — it reflects a lot of light and will read pale and airy in most spaces. It's neutral in temperature, making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Brown and Neutral family, the photos below show it applied in a kitchen.
4 Kitchen Photos
The challenge with kitchen color is longevity: it needs to look right at 7am under bright task lights and at dinner with the pendants dimmed low. Powell Buff manages to bridge all three lighting scenarios with ease, which is a rarer quality in a paint pigment than it sounds.
Kitchen cabinetry and countertops glow in Powell Buff tones.
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White trim and natural light brighten Powell Buff kitchen walls.
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Cream-toned Powell Buff brings warmth to this kitchen renovation.
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Soft Powell Buff creates a cohesive, harmonious kitchen palette.
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Coordinating Colors
Powell Buff reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 20), opening up a space where Cromwell Gray encloses it.
Marble White reflects far more light (LRV 80 vs 59), opening up a space where Powell Buff encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 11, Powell Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 85 vs 59, Cloud White is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 60 vs 59), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 61 vs 59), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Powell Buff reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 22), opening up a space where Normandy encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Powell Buff reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 24), opening up a space where Bachelor Blue encloses it.
Powell Buff reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 28), opening up a space where Mineral Alloy encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 34, Powell Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
Powell Buff reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 36), opening up a space where Comet encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 14, Powell Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 62 vs 59), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Lambskin reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 74 vs 59, Albescent is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 59, Sandy White is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 62 and 59, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
At LRV 59 vs 41, Powell Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 59 vs 45, Powell Buff is decisively the brighter choice.
Powell Buff reflects far more light (LRV 59 vs 44), opening up a space where Gemstone encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 59 vs 57), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 12-point LRV gap (59 vs 48) makes Powell Buff the marginally brighter of the two.