White Drifts (BM OC-138)
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White Drifts (BM OC-138) is a light, warm off-white from Benjamin Moore: LRV 73.7, so it reflects about 74 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with White Drifts
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for White Drifts 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 White Drifts, 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 | Nonchalant White | SW 6161 | 72 | 1.2 | very close |
| Behr | Glacier Valley | HDC-NT-24 | 76 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Decadent | 7006-11 | 77 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Rain Cloud | 1125-1 | 75 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore off-white colors nearest to White Drifts (LRV 73.7) by LRV.
Lighter than White Drifts
Darker than White Drifts
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | OC-138 |
| Hex | #E3E2D5 |
| RGB | 227, 226, 213 |
| HSL | 56°, 20%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 73.7 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.6, -1.9, 6.5 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
White Drifts (BM OC-138), published as #E3E2D5
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of White Drifts (BM OC-138)?
- White Drifts has an LRV of 73.7. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so White Drifts is a light color.
- What is the closest match to White Drifts in another brand?
- Rain Cloud (PPG 1125-1) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is White Drifts warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists White Drifts as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 6.5; 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.