Frosted Café (BM 2098-70)
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Frosted Café (BM 2098-70) is a light, neutral off-white from Benjamin Moore: LRV 75.5, so it reflects about 75 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Frosted Café
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Frosted Café 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 Frosted Café, 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 | Cultured Pearl | SW 6028 | 73 | 1.5 | very close |
| Behr | Italian Villa | 180E-1 | 78.1 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Seashore Bud | 7001-14 | 77 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Macadamia Nut | 1057-1 | 78 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore off-white colors nearest to Frosted Café (LRV 75.5) by LRV.
Lighter than Frosted Café
Darker than Frosted Café
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2098-70 |
| Hex | #ECE2DC |
| RGB | 236, 226, 220 |
| HSL | 22°, 30%, 89% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 75.5 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 90.5, 2.4, 4.1 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Frosted Café (BM 2098-70), published as #ECE2DC
#DAD8DA
#FEECDC
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Frosted Café (BM 2098-70)?
- Frosted Café has an LRV of 75.5. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Frosted Café is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Frosted Café in another brand?
- Macadamia Nut (PPG 1057-1) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Frosted Café warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Frosted Café as neutral, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 4.1; 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.