Love Story (BM 1213)
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Love Story (BM 1213) is a light, warm beige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 70.5, so it reflects about 71 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Love Story
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Love Story by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 Love Story, 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 | Spun Sugar | SW 6337 | 68 | 2.1 | very close |
| Behr | Iced Apricot | UL130-11 | 70.3 | 1.3 | very close |
| Valspar | Fair Peach | 2005-6B | 73 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Sourpatch Peach | 1200-2 | 73 | 1.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore beige colors nearest to Love Story (LRV 70.5) by LRV.
Lighter than Love Story
Darker than Love Story
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1213 |
| Hex | #F1D9C6 |
| RGB | 241, 217, 198 |
| HSL | 27°, 61%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 70.5 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.2, 5.3, 12.4 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Love Story (BM 1213), published as #F1D9C6
#E0CFC4
#FFE3C6
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Love Story (BM 1213)?
- Love Story has an LRV of 70.5. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Love Story is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Love Story in another brand?
- Fair Peach (Valspar 2005-6B) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Love Story warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Love Story as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 12.4; 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.