Tomato Cream Sauce (BM 2089-40)
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Tomato Cream Sauce (BM 2089-40) is a medium, warm orange from Benjamin Moore: LRV 40.4, so it reflects about 40 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Tomato Cream Sauce
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Tomato Cream Sauce by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper orange, 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 Tomato Cream Sauce, 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 | Charisma | SW 6605 | 41 | 3.9 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Strawberry Rose | 160D-4 | 41 | 1.3 | very close |
| Valspar | Salmon Run | 2002-6B | 42 | 1.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Holland Tile | 1064-5 | 39 | 1.9 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore orange colors nearest to Tomato Cream Sauce (LRV 40.4) by LRV.
Lighter than Tomato Cream Sauce
Darker than Tomato Cream Sauce
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2089-40 |
| Hex | #DF9B91 |
| RGB | 223, 155, 145 |
| HSL | 8°, 55%, 72% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 40.4 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 70.3, 24.1, 15.5 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Orange |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Tomato Cream Sauce (BM 2089-40), published as #DF9B91
#CF918F
#EFA591
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Tomato Cream Sauce (BM 2089-40)?
- Tomato Cream Sauce has an LRV of 40.4. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Tomato Cream Sauce is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Tomato Cream Sauce in another brand?
- Strawberry Rose (Behr 160D-4) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.3 (very close).
- Is Tomato Cream Sauce warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Tomato Cream Sauce as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 15.5; 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.