White Chocolate (BM 2149-70)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
White Chocolate (BM 2149-70) is a very light, warm off-white from Benjamin Moore: LRV 86.8, so it reflects about 87 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with White Chocolate
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for White Chocolate 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 White Chocolate, 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 | Barely Pear | SW 9666 | 83 | 1.7 | very close |
| Behr | Cauliflower | M340-1 | 89 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Lemon Edge | 7003-23 | 89 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Sail Cloth | 1213-1 | 86 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore off-white colors nearest to White Chocolate (LRV 86.8) by LRV.
Lighter than White Chocolate
Darker than White Chocolate
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2149-70 |
| Hex | #F5F3E3 |
| RGB | 245, 243, 227 |
| HSL | 53°, 47%, 93% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 86.8 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 95.6, -2.0, 8.0 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
White Chocolate (BM 2149-70), published as #F5F3E3
#E3E9E1
#FFFEE3
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Benjamin Moore
More from Benjamin Moore
Common questions
- What is the LRV of White Chocolate (BM 2149-70)?
- White Chocolate has an LRV of 86.8. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so White Chocolate is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to White Chocolate in another brand?
- Cauliflower (Behr M340-1) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is White Chocolate warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists White Chocolate as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.0; 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.