Cream
Benjamin Moore 233
- HEX
- #DFD4BC
- RGB
- 223, 212, 188
- LAB
- 85.2, -0.1, 13.2
- LRV
- ≈ 66
- Family
- Beige, warm
- Nearest RAL
- 1015 Light Ivory
With an LRV of about 66, Cream reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.
Cream in other brands
- Off-White Farrow & Ball 3 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
- Buttermilk C2 Paint C2-849 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
- Barberry Sand Vista C-277 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
- Ecru Dulux Australia S15D1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.6
- Sand Dollar Dunn-Edwards DE6171 Beige Very close ΔE 0.7
- TVT X454 Tikkurila Beige Very close ΔE 0.8
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
How it looks with color blindness
- Deuteranopia Reads as beige
- Protanopia Reads as beige
- Tritanopia Reads as light gray
- Achromatopsia Reads as light gray
Under different light
- Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns light orange
- Neutral, 4000 K Turns light orange
- Daylight, 6500 K As listed
Questions
Is Cream warm or cool?
Warm. Its LAB b value of 13.2 and a value of -0.1 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Farrow & Ball color to Cream?
Off-White (3), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Cream?
≈ 66. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.