Steamed Milk (SW 7554)
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Steamed Milk (SW 7554) is a light, warm off-white from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 76, so it reflects about 76 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Steamed Milk
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Steamed Milk 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 Steamed Milk, 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 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Eurolinen | 250E-1 | 77.3 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Apricot Haze | 7002-11 | 77 | 1.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Glazed Pears | 1095-2 | 78 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams off-white colors nearest to Steamed Milk (LRV 76) by LRV.
Lighter than Steamed Milk
Darker than Steamed Milk
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7554 |
| Hex | #ECE1D1 |
| RGB | 236, 225, 209 |
| HSL | 36°, 42%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 76 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 90.0, 1.1, 9.2 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Steamed Milk (SW 7554), published as #ECE1D1
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Steamed Milk (SW 7554)?
- Steamed Milk has an LRV of 76. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Steamed Milk is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Steamed Milk in another brand?
- Glazed Pears (PPG 1095-2) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.7 (indistinguishable).
- Is Steamed Milk warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Steamed Milk as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 9.2; 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.