Kept Love Letters (BM CSP-425)
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Kept Love Letters (BM CSP-425) is a medium, neutral pink from Benjamin Moore: LRV 53.5, so it reflects about 53 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Kept Love Letters
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Kept Love Letters by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper pink, 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 Kept Love Letters, 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 | Fading Rose | SW 6296 | 55 | 2.0 | very close |
| Behr | Embroidery | PPU17-09 | 54.6 | 1.8 | very close |
| Valspar | Radiant Pink | 1007-8B | 54 | 1.0 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Tea Time | 1054-4 | 55 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore pink colors nearest to Kept Love Letters (LRV 53.5) by LRV.
Lighter than Kept Love Letters
Darker than Kept Love Letters
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | CSP-425 |
| Hex | #D6BBBB |
| RGB | 214, 187, 187 |
| HSL | 0°, 25%, 79% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 53.5 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 78.1, 9.6, 3.5 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Pink |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Kept Love Letters (BM CSP-425), published as #D6BBBB
#C5B1B9
#E7C5BB
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Kept Love Letters (BM CSP-425)?
- Kept Love Letters has an LRV of 53.5. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Kept Love Letters is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Kept Love Letters in another brand?
- Radiant Pink (Valspar 1007-8B) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 1.0 (very close).
- Is Kept Love Letters warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Kept Love Letters as neutral, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 3.5; 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.