Moderate White
Sherwin-Williams 6140
- HEX
- #E9DECF
- RGB
- 233, 222, 207
- LAB
- 89.0, 1.3, 8.7
- LRV
- ≈ 74
- Family
- Beige, warm
- Nearest RAL
- 9001 Cream
With an LRV of about 74, Moderate White reflects most of the light that reaches it. It keeps a north-facing or dim room bright, and in strong sun it can look whiter than the chip. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.
Moderate White in other brands
- Vanilla Flower Kelly-Moore KM4639-1 Beige Very close ΔE 0.0
- Hempel 24232 Hempel Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
- Clover Honey Hallman Lindsay 271 Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
- Berkshire Lace Johnstone's Beige Very close ΔE 0.4
- Cinnamon Cake Behr W-F-220 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
- Ionic Benjamin Moore 1016 Beige Very close ΔE 0.5
- Very close ΔE 0.0
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
- Cotton White Sherwin-Williams 7104 White
- Accessible Beige Sherwin-Williams 7036 Beige
- Very close ΔE 0.0
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 Close to listed
- Daylight, 6500 K As listed
Questions
Is Moderate White warm or cool?
Warm. Its LAB b value of 8.7 and a value of 1.3 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.
What is the closest Kelly-Moore color to Moderate White?
Vanilla Flower (KM4639-1), at ΔE 0.0. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.
What is the LRV of Moderate White?
≈ 74. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.