Blank Canvas (Behr DC-003) vs Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45)

Living room with walls painted Behr Blank Canvas DC-003 (simulated) — Blank Canvas Behr DC-003#F1EDE1, LRV 84.7 (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

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Quick decision

Lighter: Blank Canvas, LRV 84.7 vs 81.9.
Warmer: About the same, both warm white (Lab b* 6.3 vs 5.6).
North rooms: Swiss Coffee drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.0 vs 3.8); both keep about the same brightness.
Trim that works: White Stone Behr DC-012, #F1EDE1, LRV 84.7 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 1.0, indistinguishable. At 1.0, pick on price, finish or availability.

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Blank CanvasBehr DC-003LRV 84.7 (estimated), #F1EDE1

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

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Blank Canvas (Behr DC-003) is slightly lighter than Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) and about as warm: LRV 84.7 vs 81.9, deltaE 1.0 (indistinguishable).

Side by side

Measure	Blank Canvas	Swiss Coffee	Gap
Brand	Behr	Benjamin Moore
Color code	DC-003	OC-45
Hex	#F1EDE1	#EEECE1
RGB	241, 237, 225	238, 236, 225
HSL	45°, 36%, 91%	51°, 28%, 91%
LRV (light reflectance value)	84.7 (est.)	81.9	+2.8
Lab L*	93.8	93.3	+0.5
Lab a*	-0.7	-1.2	+0.5
Lab b*	6.3	5.6	+0.7
Undertone	Neutral	Neutral
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	White	White

Same paint, two kinds of light

Blank Canvas (Behr DC-003), published as #F1EDE1

North light (cool, indirect)
#DFE3DF

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF7E1

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 Blank Canvas (Behr DC-003) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 2.8 LRV points lighter (84.7 vs 81.9), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Blank Canvas in other brands

Closest matches to Swiss Coffee in other brands

Common questions

Is Blank Canvas the same color as Swiss Coffee?: They are indistinguishable: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.0. Most people cannot tell Blank Canvas and Swiss Coffee apart.
Which is lighter, Blank Canvas or Swiss Coffee?: Blank Canvas, with an LRV of 84.7 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: Blank Canvas: 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.