Head Over Heels (BM AF-250)
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Head Over Heels (BM AF-250) is a light, warm off-white from Benjamin Moore: LRV 73.3, so it reflects about 73 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Head Over Heels
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Head Over Heels 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 Head Over Heels, 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 | Nearly Peach | SW 6336 | 75 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Palatial | 760A-2 | 74 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Bubble Tea | 7001-5 | 76 | 1.2 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Spice Cookie | 1063-2 | 75 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore off-white colors nearest to Head Over Heels (LRV 73.3) by LRV.
Lighter than Head Over Heels
Darker than Head Over Heels
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | AF-250 |
| Hex | #EFDED2 |
| RGB | 239, 222, 210 |
| HSL | 25°, 48%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 73.3 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.5, 3.8, 8.0 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Head Over Heels (BM AF-250), published as #EFDED2
#DED4D0
#FFE8D2
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Head Over Heels (BM AF-250)?
- Head Over Heels has an LRV of 73.3. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Head Over Heels is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Head Over Heels in another brand?
- Nearly Peach (SW 6336) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Head Over Heels warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Head Over Heels as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.0; 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.