Root Beer Candy
Benjamin Moore's Root Beer Candy is a brown shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its LRV of 10.0 gives it real visual weight, allowing the color to hold a wall rather than simply recede from view. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#724E3FLRV
9.96
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 67 vs 10, Alaskan Husky is decisively the brighter choice.
Silver Fox reflects far more light (LRV 44 vs 10), opening up a space where Root Beer Candy encloses it.
Baby's Breath reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 10), opening up a space where Root Beer Candy encloses it.
At LRV 75 vs 10, A la Mode is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 10 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 10 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 10 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 25 vs 10, Aegean Teal is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 8), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Blue Lace reflects far more light (LRV 66 vs 10), opening up a space where Root Beer Candy encloses it.
Providence Blue reads slightly lighter (LRV 19 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 31 vs 10, Van Courtland Blue is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (14 vs 10) makes Nocturnal Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Blue Spruce reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 12 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 13 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 13 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (15 vs 10) makes Oregon Trail the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 10 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Root Beer Candy reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 7), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 10 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A dark brown that merges the earthiness of tree bark with the richness of brown sugar.