Untitled 96BEB1
Untitled 96BEB1 (#96BEB1) is a soft, gently muted shade of teal. In paint terms it sits in the balanced family with HSL values of 161°, 24%, 67%, which means it behaves predictably in interiors — a chalky beige cast in shade — without going chalky or muddy when the wall is large.
The closest commercially available paint matches are Sherwin-Williams Fresh Eucalyptus (SW 9658, #ADBCB4); Benjamin Moore Dreamcatcher (640, #9CC1B2); Behr Watery (PPU13-15, #9DBDB6). These are the nearest swatches by Lab-color distance — your local paint counter can custom-mix the exact hex if none of them are close enough.
On trim and millwork in a typical kitchen, Untitled 96BEB1 reads as a confident, soft color rather than a background. It holds its character at scale, so test a 24×24 inch board on the wall before committing — a step covered in our paint-sampling checklist — because the chip in your hand will always look slightly different from the same color spread across forty square feet.
Pair Untitled 96BEB1 with warm whites, raw wood tones, and unpolished brass hardware for a layered, lived-in look. If you prefer something cleaner and more contemporary, drop the wood and let it sit against bright whites and matte black fixtures — there is a side-by-side reference of warm vs. cool styling that walks through both directions.
For trim alongside this color, choose a white that shares its undertone rather than a generic builder white — otherwise the trim will read dingy by comparison.
A short way to remember Untitled 96BEB1: quiet at first, surprising on the second look. That single sentence is usually enough to decide whether to pin it to your moodboard or move on to the next swatch.
Where Untitled 96BEB1 tends to fail is in rooms it was never asked about. A teal designed for a calm bedroom can read sluggish in a kitchen with bright daylight pouring through a sliding door, and a color that anchors a moody dining room can disappear in a long, north-facing hallway. The fix is rarely to abandon the color — it is to use it on a smaller surface, or to lift the lightness by a single step. Both adjustments are inexpensive once you understand what the color is doing.