Bashful (BM 1171)
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Bashful (BM 1171) is a light, warm off-white from Benjamin Moore: LRV 70.8, so it reflects about 71 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Bashful
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Bashful 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 Bashful, 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 | Nearly Peach | SW 6336 | 75 | 1.0 | very close |
| Behr | Nutmeg Frost | S210-1 | 71.7 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Cake Batter | 2007-8C | 74 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Shoreland | 1082-2 | 71 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore off-white colors nearest to Bashful (LRV 70.8) by LRV.
Lighter than Bashful
Darker than Bashful
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1171 |
| Hex | #EBDACC |
| RGB | 235, 218, 204 |
| HSL | 27°, 44%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 70.8 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.1, 3.5, 9.0 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Bashful (BM 1171), published as #EBDACC
#DAD0CA
#FDE4CC
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Bashful (BM 1171)?
- Bashful has an LRV of 70.8. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Bashful is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Bashful in another brand?
- Shoreland (PPG 1082-2) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Bashful warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Bashful as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 9.0; 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.