Light Touch (Behr PPL-52)
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Light Touch (Behr PPL-52) is a very light, warm off-white from Behr: LRV 84.7, so it reflects about 85 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Light Touch
Four Behr colors picked for Light Touch 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 Light Touch, 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 | Cotton White | SW 7104 | 87 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Opal | 891 | 84.3 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Birchwood White | 7002-18 | 83 | 1.4 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Lotus Petal | 1073-1 | 82 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Behr
The Behr off-white colors nearest to Light Touch (LRV 84.7 (estimated)) by LRV.
Lighter than Light Touch
Darker than Light Touch
Color data
| Brand | Behr |
|---|---|
| Color code | PPL-52 |
| Hex | #F5ECDF |
| RGB | 245, 236, 223 |
| HSL | 35°, 52%, 92% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 84.7 (estimated from the hex) |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 93.8, 0.9, 7.4 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Light Touch (Behr PPL-52), published as #F5ECDF
#E3E2DD
#FFF6DF
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Light Touch (Behr PPL-52)?
- Light Touch has an LRV of 84.7 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Light Touch is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Light Touch in another brand?
- Opal (BM 891) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Light Touch warm or cool?
- Behr lists Light Touch as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.4; 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.