Bride To Be (BM 1009)
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Bride To Be (BM 1009) is a light, warm off-white from Benjamin Moore: LRV 70.7, so it reflects about 71 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Bride To Be
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Bride To Be by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Bride To Be, 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 | Polite White | SW 6056 | 74 | 1.0 | very close |
| Behr | Smokey Cream | N190-1 | 74.9 | 1.1 | very close |
| Valspar | Bungalow White | 2005-10C | 74 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | South Peak | 1071-1 | 75 | 1.3 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore off-white colors nearest to Bride To Be (LRV 70.7) by LRV.
Lighter than Bride To Be
Darker than Bride To Be
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1009 |
| Hex | #E8DCD1 |
| RGB | 232, 220, 209 |
| HSL | 29°, 33%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 70.7 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.4, 2.3, 6.9 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Bride To Be (BM 1009), published as #E8DCD1
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Bride To Be (BM 1009)?
- Bride To Be has an LRV of 70.7. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Bride To Be is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Bride To Be in another brand?
- Bungalow White (Valspar 2005-10C) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Bride To Be warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Bride To Be as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 6.9; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). 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.