Sparkling Wine (BM 949)

Sparkling Wine BM 949#EDE4D0, LRV 75.4
Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Sparkling Wine 949 (simulated)
Living room, walls in Sparkling Wine

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Sparkling Wine (BM 949) is a light, warm beige from Benjamin Moore: LRV 75.4, so it reflects about 75 percent of the light that hits it.

Colors that go with Sparkling Wine

Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Sparkling Wine 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 Sparkling Wine, 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.

BrandClosest colorCodeLRVdeltaEHow close
Sherwin-WilliamsClassical WhiteSW 2829761.1very close
BehrCanyon CliffsECC-45-277.40.8indistinguishable
ValsparIvory Essence3006-8C770.4indistinguishable
PPG PaintsMorocco Sand1096-2771.2very close

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

Color data

BrandBenjamin Moore
Color code949
Hex#EDE4D0
RGB237, 228, 208
HSL41°, 45%, 87%
LRV (light reflectance value)75.4
Lab L*, a*, b*90.8, -0.3, 10.9
UndertoneWarm Yellow
Temperaturewarm
Color familyBeige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Sparkling Wine (BM 949), published as #EDE4D0

North light (cool, indirect)
#DCDACE
South light (warm, direct)
#FFEED0

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Common questions

What is the LRV of Sparkling Wine (BM 949)?
Sparkling Wine has an LRV of 75.4. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sparkling Wine is a light color.
What is the closest match to Sparkling Wine in another brand?
Ivory Essence (Valspar 3006-8C) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
Is Sparkling Wine warm or cool?
Benjamin Moore lists Sparkling Wine as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 10.9; 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.

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