Shark Tooth (Behr BWC-17)
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Shark Tooth (Behr BWC-17) is a light, warm off-white from Behr: LRV 75, so it reflects about 75 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Shark Tooth
Four Behr colors picked for Shark Tooth by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Behr did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Shark Tooth, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Natural Choice | SW 7011 | 73 | 1.1 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Old Prairie | 2143-50 | 72.2 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Madison Avenue | 7006-14 | 74 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Off White | 1024-1 | 77 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Behr
The Behr off-white colors nearest to Shark Tooth (LRV 75 (estimated)) by LRV.
Lighter than Shark Tooth
Darker than Shark Tooth
Color data
| Brand | Behr |
|---|---|
| Color code | BWC-17 |
| Hex | #E4E1D3 |
| RGB | 228, 225, 211 |
| HSL | 49°, 24%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 75 (estimated from the hex) |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.4, -1.4, 7.2 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Shark Tooth (Behr BWC-17), published as #E4E1D3
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Shark Tooth (Behr BWC-17)?
- Shark Tooth has an LRV of 75 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Shark Tooth is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Shark Tooth in another brand?
- Old Prairie (BM 2143-50) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is Shark Tooth warm or cool?
- Behr lists Shark Tooth as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.2; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value. Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.