Easter Lily (BM 2150-70) vs Calla Lily (BM 283)
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Quick decision
- Lighter
- Easter Lily, LRV 88.2 vs 79.4.
- Warmer
- Calla Lily (Lab b* 25.6 vs 9.0). Easter Lily reads warm white; Calla Lily reads yellow.
- North rooms
- Easter Lily keeps more brightness (L* 91.8 vs 89.3 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- French Canvas BM 1514, #E5E3D4, LRV 74.1: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 9.5, clearly different. At 9.5, treat them as different colors.
See each color
Easter Lily (BM 2150-70) is lighter than Calla Lily (BM 283) and much cooler: LRV 88.2 vs 79.4, deltaE 9.5 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | Easter Lily | Calla Lily | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Benjamin Moore | |
| Color code | 2150-70 | 283 | |
| Hex | #F7F4E2 | #F7ECBA | |
| RGB | 247, 244, 226 | 247, 236, 186 | |
| HSL | 51°, 57%, 93% | 49°, 79%, 85% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 88.2 | 79.4 | +8.7 |
| Lab L* | 96.0 | 93.2 | +2.8 |
| Lab a* | -2.0 | -3.9 | +1.9 |
| Lab b* | 9.0 | 25.6 | −16.6 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Warm Yellow | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Off-white | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Easter Lily (BM 2150-70), published as #F7F4E2
#E5E9E0
#FFFFE2
Calla Lily (BM 283), published as #F7ECBA
#E6E2B9
#FFF7B9
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 Easter Lily (BM 2150-70) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 8.7 LRV points lighter (88.2 vs 79.4), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Easter Lily (BM 2150-70) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 9.0 against 25.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Calla Lily (BM 283) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 25.6), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Easter Lily in other brands
Closest matches to Calla Lily in other brands
Common questions
- Is Easter Lily the same color as Calla Lily?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 9.5. Easter Lily and Calla Lily are different colors.
- Which is lighter, Easter Lily or Calla Lily?
- Easter Lily, with an LRV of 88.2 against 79.4.
Full pages
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.