Love Always (BM 896)
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Love Always (BM 896) is a light, warm beige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 69.6, so it reflects about 70 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Love Always
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Love Always 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 Always, 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 | 2.0 | very close |
| Behr | Conch Shell | S200-1 | 67.1 | 1.5 | very close |
| Valspar | Fair Peach | 2005-6B | 73 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Enjoy | 1071-2 | 69 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore beige colors nearest to Love Always (LRV 69.6) by LRV.
Lighter than Love Always
Darker than Love Always
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 896 |
| Hex | #EFD8C6 |
| RGB | 239, 216, 198 |
| HSL | 26°, 56%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 69.6 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 87.8, 5.1, 11.8 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow-Red |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Love Always (BM 896), published as #EFD8C6
#DECEC4
#FFE2C6
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Love Always (BM 896)?
- Love Always has an LRV of 69.6. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Love Always is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Love Always in another brand?
- Fair Peach (Valspar 2005-6B) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.9 (indistinguishable).
- Is Love Always warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Love Always as warm, with a Warm Yellow-Red undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.8; 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.