Olympic Mountains (BM 971)
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Olympic Mountains (BM 971) is a light, warm off-white from Benjamin Moore: LRV 70.2, so it reflects about 70 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Olympic Mountains
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Olympic Mountains 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 Olympic Mountains, 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 | Oyster White | SW 7637 | 72 | 0.0 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Light Granite | N340-1 | 72.4 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Gracious | 6007-1A | 72 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Southern Breeze | 1097-2 | 74 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore off-white colors nearest to Olympic Mountains (LRV 70.2) by LRV.
Lighter than Olympic Mountains
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 971 |
| Hex | #E2DDD0 |
| RGB | 226, 221, 208 |
| HSL | 43°, 24%, 85% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 70.2 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.2, -0.5, 7.0 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Olympic Mountains (BM 971), published as #E2DDD0
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#F4E7D0
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Olympic Mountains (BM 971)?
- Olympic Mountains has an LRV of 70.2. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Olympic Mountains is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Olympic Mountains in another brand?
- Oyster White (SW 7637) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Olympic Mountains warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Olympic Mountains as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 7.0; 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.