Tea Light (SW 7681)
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Tea Light (SW 7681) is a light, warm beige from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 79, so it reflects about 79 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Tea Light
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Tea Light by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper beige, 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 Tea Light, 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 | Cookie Dough | 916 | 75.8 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Havana Cream | 340C-2 | 80.1 | 0.4 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Evening Sun | 3004-6C | 82 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Cordon Bleu | 12-02 | 74 | 1.6 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams beige colors nearest to Tea Light (LRV 79) by LRV.
Lighter than Tea Light
Darker than Tea Light
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 7681 |
| Hex | #F8E4C2 |
| RGB | 248, 228, 194 |
| HSL | 38°, 79%, 87% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 79 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 91.4, 1.6, 19.1 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Beige |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Tea Light (SW 7681), published as #F8E4C2
#E7DAC0
#FFEEC2
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Tea Light (SW 7681)?
- Tea Light has an LRV of 79. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Tea Light is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Tea Light in another brand?
- Havana Cream (Behr 340C-2) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.4 (indistinguishable).
- Is Tea Light warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Tea Light as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 19.1; 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.