Soft Focus (Behr T18-09)
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Soft Focus (Behr T18-09) is a light, warm off-white from Behr: LRV 74.6, so it reflects about 75 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Soft Focus
Four Behr colors picked for Soft Focus 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 Soft Focus, 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 | Mortar | SW 9584 | 74 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Benjamin Moore | Grandma's China | CSP-365 | 72.5 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Asiago | 6005-1A | 74 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Hourglass | 1022-1 | 75 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Behr
The Behr off-white colors nearest to Soft Focus (LRV 74.6 (estimated)) by LRV.
Lighter than Soft Focus
Darker than Soft Focus
Color data
| Brand | Behr |
|---|---|
| Color code | T18-09 |
| Hex | #E4E0D5 |
| RGB | 228, 224, 213 |
| HSL | 44°, 22%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74.6 (estimated from the hex) |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.2, -0.5, 5.9 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Soft Focus (Behr T18-09), published as #E4E0D5
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Soft Focus (Behr T18-09)?
- Soft Focus has an LRV of 74.6 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Soft Focus is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Soft Focus in another brand?
- Asiago (Valspar 6005-1A) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Soft Focus warm or cool?
- Behr lists Soft Focus as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 5.9; 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.