Cottage White (Behr 13) vs Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45)

Living room with walls painted Behr Cottage White 13 (simulated) — Cottage White Behr 13#F3E9D6, LRV 82.2 (estimated)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee OC-45 (simulated) — Swiss Coffee BM OC-45#EEECE1, LRV 81.9 Verified 2026-10-02

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: About the same: LRV 82.2 vs 81.9.
Warmer: Cottage White, both warm white (Lab b* 10.4 vs 5.6).
North rooms: Swiss Coffee drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.0 vs 4.6); both keep about the same brightness.
Trim that works: Sleek White Behr OR-W15, #FAF6E9, LRV 92.1 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 4.2, noticeably different. At 4.2, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

Cottage WhiteBehr 13LRV 82.2 (estimated), #F3E9D6

Swiss CoffeeBenjamin Moore, BM OC-45LRV 81.9, #EEECE1

More comparisons with Swiss Coffee

Cottage White (Behr 13) is about as light as Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) and warmer: LRV 82.2 vs 81.9, deltaE 4.2 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Cottage White	Swiss Coffee	Gap
Brand	Behr	Benjamin Moore
Color code	13	OC-45
Hex	#F3E9D6	#EEECE1
RGB	243, 233, 214	238, 236, 225
HSL	39°, 55%, 90%	51°, 28%, 91%
LRV (light reflectance value)	82.2 (est.)	81.9	+0.3
Lab L*	92.7	93.3	−0.6
Lab a*	0.2	-1.2	+1.5
Lab b*	10.4	5.6	+4.9
Undertone	Warm Yellow	Neutral
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Beige	White

Same paint, two kinds of light

Cottage White (Behr 13), published as #F3E9D6

North light (cool, indirect)
#E2DFD4

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF3D6

Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45), published as #EEECE1

North light (cool, indirect)
#DCE2DF

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF6E1

These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works

Which should you pick

Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.

Pick Cottage White (Behr 13) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0.3 LRV points lighter (82.2 vs 81.9), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 5.6 against 10.4, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Cottage White (Behr 13) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 10.4), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Cottage White in other brands

Closest matches to Swiss Coffee in other brands

Common questions

Is Cottage White the same color as Swiss Coffee?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 4.2. Most people can see the difference between Cottage White and Swiss Coffee side by side.
Which is lighter, Cottage White or Swiss Coffee?: Cottage White, with an LRV of 82.2 against 81.9.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

Sources: Cottage White: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value; Swiss Coffee: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02). 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.