Navajo White (BM 947) vs Navajo White (SW 6126)

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 Sherwin-Williams Navajo White SW 6126 (simulated) — Navajo White SW 6126#E9DCC6, LRV 72

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Navajo White, LRV 78.3 vs 72.
Warmer: Navajo White (Lab b* 12.4 vs 9.6). Navajo White reads warm white; Navajo White reads yellow.
North rooms: Navajo White keeps more brightness (L* 87.9 vs 84.3 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: White Blush BM 904, #F6F0E1, LRV 84.7: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 3.5, noticeably different. At 3.5, 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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Navajo WhiteSherwin-Williams, SW 6126LRV 72, #E9DCC6

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Navajo White (BM 947) is lighter than Navajo White (SW 6126) and slightly cooler: LRV 78.3 vs 72, deltaE 3.5 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Navajo White, Benjamin Moore	Navajo White, Sherwin-Williams	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	947	SW 6126
Hex	#EEE7D5	#E9DCC6
RGB	238, 231, 213	233, 220, 198
HSL	43°, 42%, 88%	38°, 44%, 85%
LRV (light reflectance value)	78.3	72	+6.3
Lab L*	91.7	88.3	+3.5
Lab a*	-0.6	0.9	−1.5
Lab b*	9.6	12.4	−2.8
Undertone	Neutral	Warm Peach
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Off-white	Beige

Same paint, two kinds of light

Navajo White (BM 947), published as #EEE7D5

North light (cool, indirect)
#DDDDD3

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF1D5

Navajo White (SW 6126), published as #E9DCC6

North light (cool, indirect)
#D8D2C4

South light (warm, direct)
#FBE6C6

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 Navajo White (BM 947) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 6.3 LRV points lighter (78.3 vs 72), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Navajo White (BM 947) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 9.6 against 12.4, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Navajo White (SW 6126) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 12.4), which counters cool indirect light

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Common questions

Is Navajo White the same color as Navajo White?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.5. Most people can see the difference between Navajo White and Navajo White side by side.
Which is lighter, Navajo White or Navajo White?: Navajo White, with an LRV of 78.3 against 72.

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

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