Minced Onion (BM OC-128)
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Minced Onion (BM OC-128) is a very light, warm off-white from Benjamin Moore: LRV 83.9, so it reflects about 84 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Minced Onion
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Minced Onion 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 Minced Onion, 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 | Barely Pear | SW 9666 | 83 | 1.4 | very close |
| Behr | Atrium White | GR-W02 | 87.1 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Ocean Buff | 7005-7 | 82 | 1.2 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Sail Cloth | 1213-1 | 86 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore off-white colors nearest to Minced Onion (LRV 83.9) by LRV.
Lighter than Minced Onion
Darker than Minced Onion
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | OC-128 |
| Hex | #F0F0DF |
| RGB | 240, 240, 223 |
| HSL | 60°, 36%, 91% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 83.9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 94.4, -2.9, 8.2 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Minced Onion (BM OC-128), published as #F0F0DF
#DEE6DD
#FFFBDF
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Minced Onion (BM OC-128)?
- Minced Onion has an LRV of 83.9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Minced Onion is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Minced Onion in another brand?
- Sail Cloth (PPG 1213-1) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Minced Onion warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Minced Onion as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.2; 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.