Soft Beige (BM 2156-60)
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Soft Beige (BM 2156-60) is a light, warm beige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 79.5, so it reflects about 79 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Soft Beige
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Soft Beige 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 Soft Beige, 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 | Tea Light | SW 7681 | 79 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Havana Cream | 340C-2 | 80.1 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Cosmic Cream | 2007-2C | 82 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | To The Rescue | 12-25 | 79 | 1.8 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore beige colors nearest to Soft Beige (LRV 79.5) by LRV.
Lighter than Soft Beige
Darker than Soft Beige
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2156-60 |
| Hex | #FBE7C5 |
| RGB | 251, 231, 197 |
| HSL | 38°, 87%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 79.5 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 92.4, 1.6, 19.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Soft Beige (BM 2156-60), published as #FBE7C5
#EADDC3
#FFF1C5
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Soft Beige (BM 2156-60)?
- Soft Beige has an LRV of 79.5. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Soft Beige is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Soft Beige in another brand?
- Cosmic Cream (Valspar 2007-2C) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Soft Beige warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Soft Beige as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 19.0; 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.