Maritime White (BM OC-5)
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Maritime White (BM OC-5) is a light, warm off-white from Benjamin Moore: LRV 71.6, so it reflects about 72 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Maritime White
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Maritime White 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 Maritime White, 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 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Hazelnut Cream | 750C-2 | 74.1 | 0.2 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Foxtrot | 7003-3 | 73 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Fossil Stone | 1102-2 | 72 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore off-white colors nearest to Maritime White (LRV 71.6) by LRV.
Lighter than Maritime White
Darker than Maritime White
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | OC-5 |
| Hex | #E5DECE |
| RGB | 229, 222, 206 |
| HSL | 42°, 31%, 85% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 71.6 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.6, -0.3, 8.7 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Maritime White (BM OC-5), published as #E5DECE
#D4D4CC
#F7E8CE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Maritime White (BM OC-5)?
- Maritime White has an LRV of 71.6. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Maritime White is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Maritime White in another brand?
- Hazelnut Cream (Behr 750C-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.2 (indistinguishable).
- Is Maritime White warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Maritime White as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.7; 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.