Moderate White (SW 6140)
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Moderate White (SW 6140) is a light, warm off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 74, so it reflects about 74 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Moderate White
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Moderate White by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Sherwin-Williams did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Moderate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | First Crush | CSP-310 | 72 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Cinnamon Cake | W-F-220 | 73.4 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Manila Cream | 3001-8C | 72 | 1.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | South Peak | 1071-1 | 75 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Moderate White (LRV 74) by LRV.
Lighter than Moderate White
Darker than Moderate White
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6140 |
| Hex | #E9DECF |
| RGB | 233, 222, 207 |
| HSL | 35°, 37%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.0, 1.3, 8.7 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Moderate White (SW 6140), published as #E9DECF
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Moderate White (SW 6140)?
- Moderate White has an LRV of 74. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Moderate White is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Moderate White in another brand?
- Cinnamon Cake (Behr W-F-220) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Moderate White warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Moderate White as warm, with a Warm 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.