Horizon (BM OC-53)

Horizon BM OC-53#DFE1DB, LRV 72.8
Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Horizon OC-53 (simulated)
Living room, walls in Horizon

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Horizon (BM OC-53) is a light, neutral off-white from Benjamin Moore: LRV 72.8, so it reflects about 73 percent of the light that hits it.

Colors that go with Horizon

Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Horizon 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 Horizon, 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.

BrandClosest colorCodeLRVdeltaEHow close
Sherwin-WilliamsGlacier BaySW 9626751.0indistinguishable
BehrWinds BreathGR-W0674.80.6indistinguishable
ValsparBlizzard Fog7006-18750.8indistinguishable
PPG PaintsTundra Frost1009-1751.0indistinguishable

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

Color data

BrandBenjamin Moore
Color codeOC-53
Hex#DFE1DB
RGB223, 225, 219
HSL80°, 9%, 87%
LRV (light reflectance value)72.8
Lab L*, a*, b*89.2, -1.7, 2.7
UndertoneNeutral
Temperatureneutral
Color familyOff-white

Same paint, two kinds of light

Horizon (BM OC-53), published as #DFE1DB

North light (cool, indirect)
#CDD7D9
South light (warm, direct)
#F1EBDB

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Common questions

What is the LRV of Horizon (BM OC-53)?
Horizon has an LRV of 72.8. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Horizon is a light color.
What is the closest match to Horizon in another brand?
Winds Breath (Behr GR-W06) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
Is Horizon warm or cool?
Benjamin Moore lists Horizon as neutral, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 2.7; 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.

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