Muskoka Trail (BM 974)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Muskoka Trail (BM 974) is a light, warm off-white from Benjamin Moore: LRV 72, so it reflects about 72 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Muskoka Trail
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Muskoka Trail 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 Muskoka Trail, 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 | Arrowroote | SW 9502 | 73 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Off White | 73 | 76 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Gracious | 6007-1A | 72 | 1.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Focus | 1008-1 | 75 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore off-white colors nearest to Muskoka Trail (LRV 72) by LRV.
Lighter than Muskoka Trail
Darker than Muskoka Trail
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 974 |
| Hex | #E5E0D0 |
| RGB | 229, 224, 208 |
| HSL | 46°, 29%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 72 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.2, -1.0, 8.4 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Muskoka Trail (BM 974), published as #E5E0D0
#D4D6CE
#F7EAD0
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Benjamin Moore
More from Benjamin Moore
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Muskoka Trail (BM 974)?
- Muskoka Trail has an LRV of 72. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Muskoka Trail is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Muskoka Trail in another brand?
- Off White (Behr 73) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Muskoka Trail warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Muskoka Trail as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.4; 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.