Silk Elegance (Behr PPL-71)
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Silk Elegance (Behr PPL-71) is a very light, warm off-white from Behr: LRV 82.6, so it reflects about 83 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Silk Elegance
Four Behr colors picked for Silk Elegance 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 Silk Elegance, 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 | Intimate White | SW 6322 | 77 | 1.6 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Blanched Coral | 886 | 81.4 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Crystal Pink | 2005-4C | 84 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Champagne Ice | 1192-1 | 80 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Behr
The Behr off-white colors nearest to Silk Elegance (LRV 82.6 (estimated)) by LRV.
Lighter than Silk Elegance
Darker than Silk Elegance
Color data
| Brand | Behr |
|---|---|
| Color code | PPL-71 |
| Hex | #F6E8DE |
| RGB | 246, 232, 222 |
| HSL | 25°, 57%, 92% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 82.6 (estimated from the hex) |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 92.8, 3.1, 6.6 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Silk Elegance (Behr PPL-71), published as #F6E8DE
#E5DEDC
#FFF2DE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Silk Elegance (Behr PPL-71)?
- Silk Elegance has an LRV of 82.6 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Silk Elegance is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Silk Elegance in another brand?
- Crystal Pink (Valspar 2005-4C) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Silk Elegance warm or cool?
- Behr lists Silk Elegance as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 6.6; 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.