Sail Cloth (BM PM-21)
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Sail Cloth (BM PM-21) is a light, warm off-white from Benjamin Moore: LRV 72.6, so it reflects about 73 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sail Cloth
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Sail Cloth 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 Sail Cloth, 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 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Hazelnut Cream | 750C-2 | 74.1 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Gracious | 6007-1A | 72 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Fossil Stone | 1102-2 | 72 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore off-white colors nearest to Sail Cloth (LRV 72.6) by LRV.
Lighter than Sail Cloth
Darker than Sail Cloth
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | PM-21 |
| Hex | #E4DECE |
| RGB | 228, 222, 206 |
| HSL | 44°, 29%, 85% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 72.6 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.5, -0.7, 8.6 |
| Undertone | Neutral |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sail Cloth (BM PM-21), published as #E4DECE
#D3D4CC
#F6E8CE
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sail Cloth (BM PM-21)?
- Sail Cloth has an LRV of 72.6. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sail Cloth is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sail Cloth in another brand?
- Arrowroote (SW 9502) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sail Cloth warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Sail Cloth as warm, with a Neutral undertone. Its Lab b* value is 8.6; 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.