Sandy Shores (BM 948)
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Sandy Shores (BM 948) is a light, warm beige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 75.9, so it reflects about 76 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sandy Shores
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Sandy Shores 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 Sandy Shores, 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 | Classical White | SW 2829 | 76 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Ancient Ivory | BWC-16 | 79.9 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Frolic | 7003-12 | 80 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Morocco Sand | 1096-2 | 77 | 1.1 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore beige colors nearest to Sandy Shores (LRV 75.9) by LRV.
Lighter than Sandy Shores
Darker than Sandy Shores
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 948 |
| Hex | #EFE5D0 |
| RGB | 239, 229, 208 |
| HSL | 41°, 49%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 75.9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.2, -0.1, 11.5 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sandy Shores (BM 948), published as #EFE5D0
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sandy Shores (BM 948)?
- Sandy Shores has an LRV of 75.9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sandy Shores is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sandy Shores in another brand?
- Ancient Ivory (Behr BWC-16) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sandy Shores warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Sandy Shores as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 11.5; 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.