Chantilly Lace (BM 2121-70) vs White Snow (SW 9541)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace 2121-70 (simulated) — Chantilly Lace BM 2121-70#F4F6F1, LRV 90 Verified 2026-10-02

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams White Snow SW 9541 (simulated) — White Snow SW 9541#F5F4EE, LRV 90

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

Quick decision

Lighter: About the same: LRV 90 vs 90.
Warmer: White Snow, both neutral white (Lab b* 3.0 vs 2.2).
North rooms: About the same: both keep their brightness and color about equally (L* 92.7 vs 92.2 in north light).
Trim that works: Chantilly Lace BM OC-65, #F4F6F1, LRV 90: the Benjamin Moore 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

Chantilly LaceBenjamin Moore, BM 2121-70LRV 90, #F4F6F1

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White SnowSherwin-Williams, SW 9541LRV 90, #F5F4EE

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Snowbound vs White SnowSW 7004 vs SW 9541deltaE 2.3, noticeably different

Chantilly Lace (BM 2121-70) is about as light as White Snow (SW 9541) and about as warm: LRV 90 vs 90, deltaE 1.4 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	Chantilly Lace	White Snow	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	2121-70	SW 9541
Hex	#F4F6F1	#F5F4EE
RGB	244, 246, 241	245, 244, 238
HSL	84°, 22%, 95%	51°, 26%, 95%
LRV (light reflectance value)	90	90	+0
Lab L*	96.6	96.1	+0.5
Lab a*	-1.5	-0.7	−0.8
Lab b*	2.2	3.0	−0.8
Undertone	Neutral	Neutral
Temperature	neutral	neutral
Color family	White	White

Same paint, two kinds of light

Chantilly Lace (BM 2121-70), published as #F4F6F1

North light (cool, indirect)
#E2ECEF

South light (warm, direct)
#FFFFEF

White Snow (SW 9541), published as #F5F4EE

North light (cool, indirect)
#E3EAEC

South light (warm, direct)
#FFFEEE

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 Chantilly Lace (BM 2121-70) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0 LRV points lighter (90 vs 90), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Chantilly Lace in other brands

Closest matches to White Snow in other brands

Common questions

Is Chantilly Lace the same color as White Snow?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.4. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Chantilly Lace and White Snow.
Which is lighter, Chantilly Lace or White Snow?: Neither: both have an LRV of 90.

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

Sources: Chantilly Lace: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02); White Snow: 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.