Palais White (Behr GR-W15) vs Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45)

Living room with walls painted Behr Palais White GR-W15 (simulated) — Palais White Behr GR-W15#F4F0E5, LRV 87.2 (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: Palais White, LRV 87.2 vs 81.9.
Warmer: About the same, both warm white (Lab b* 5.8 vs 5.6).
North rooms: Palais White keeps more brightness (L* 90.9 vs 89.4 in north light); Swiss Coffee drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.0 vs 3.7).
Trim that works: Night Blooming Jasmine Behr YL-W10, #F9F7EC, LRV 92.7 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 1.4, very close. At 1.4, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

Palais WhiteBehr GR-W15LRV 87.2 (estimated), #F4F0E5

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

More comparisons with Swiss Coffee

Palais White (Behr GR-W15) is lighter than Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) and about as warm: LRV 87.2 vs 81.9, deltaE 1.4 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Palais White	Swiss Coffee	Gap
Brand	Behr	Benjamin Moore
Color code	GR-W15	OC-45
Hex	#F4F0E5	#EEECE1
RGB	244, 240, 229	238, 236, 225
HSL	44°, 41%, 93%	51°, 28%, 91%
LRV (light reflectance value)	87.2 (est.)	81.9	+5.3
Lab L*	94.8	93.3	+1.5
Lab a*	-0.5	-1.2	+0.7
Lab b*	5.8	5.6	+0.2
Undertone	Neutral	Neutral
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	White	White

Same paint, two kinds of light

Palais White (Behr GR-W15), published as #F4F0E5

North light (cool, indirect)
#E2E6E3

South light (warm, direct)
#FFFAE5

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 Palais White (Behr GR-W15) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 5.3 LRV points lighter (87.2 vs 81.9), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Palais White in other brands

Closest matches to Swiss Coffee in other brands

Common questions

Is Palais White the same color as Swiss Coffee?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.4. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Palais White and Swiss Coffee.
Which is lighter, Palais White or Swiss Coffee?: Palais White, with an LRV of 87.2 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: Palais 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.