Navajo White (BM 947) vs Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Navajo White 947 (simulated) — Navajo White BM 947#EEE7D5, LRV 78.3 Verified 2026-10-02

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: Swiss Coffee, LRV 81.9 vs 78.3.
Warmer: Navajo White, both warm white (Lab b* 9.6 vs 5.6).
North rooms: Swiss Coffee: keeps more brightness (L* 89.4 vs 87.9 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.0 vs 4.4).
Trim that works: White Down BM 970, #EBE6D7, LRV 76.7: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 3.3, noticeably different. At 3.3, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

Navajo WhiteBenjamin Moore, BM 947LRV 78.3, #EEE7D5

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

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Navajo White (BM 947) is slightly darker than Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) and warmer: LRV 78.3 vs 81.9, deltaE 3.3 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Navajo White	Swiss Coffee	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Benjamin Moore
Color code	947	OC-45
Hex	#EEE7D5	#EEECE1
RGB	238, 231, 213	238, 236, 225
HSL	43°, 42%, 88%	51°, 28%, 91%
LRV (light reflectance value)	78.3	81.9	−3.6
Lab L*	91.7	93.3	−1.5
Lab a*	-0.6	-1.2	+0.6
Lab b*	9.6	5.6	+4.0
Undertone	Neutral	Neutral
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Off-white	White

Same paint, two kinds of light

Navajo White (BM 947), published as #EEE7D5

North light (cool, indirect)
#DDDDD3

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF1D5

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 Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 3.6 LRV points lighter (81.9 vs 78.3), 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 9.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Navajo White (BM 947) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 9.6), which counters cool indirect light

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Closest matches to Swiss Coffee in other brands

Common questions

Is Navajo White the same color as Swiss Coffee?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.3. Most people can see the difference between Navajo White and Swiss Coffee side by side.
Which is lighter, Navajo White or Swiss Coffee?: Swiss Coffee, with an LRV of 81.9 against 78.3.

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

Sources: 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.