White Dove (BM OC-17) vs Glacier White (BM OC-37)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore White Dove OC-17 (simulated) — White Dove BM OC-17#EFEEE5, LRV 83.2 Verified 2026-10-02

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Glacier White OC-37 (simulated) — Glacier White BM OC-37#ECEAE0, LRV 80.2

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

Quick decision

Lighter: White Dove, LRV 83.2 vs 80.2.
Warmer: About the same, both warm white (Lab b* 4.5 vs 5.1).
North rooms: White Dove: keeps more brightness (L* 90.0 vs 88.7 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 2.1 vs 2.8).
Trim that works: Dune White BM 968, #ECEAE0, LRV 80.2: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 1.0, very close. At 1.0, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.

See each color

White DoveBenjamin Moore, BM OC-17LRV 83.2, #EFEEE5

More comparisons with White Dove

Glacier WhiteBenjamin Moore, BM OC-37LRV 80.2, #ECEAE0

White Dove (BM OC-17) is slightly lighter than Glacier White (BM OC-37) and about as warm: LRV 83.2 vs 80.2, deltaE 1.0 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	White Dove	Glacier White	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Benjamin Moore
Color code	OC-17	OC-37
Hex	#EFEEE5	#ECEAE0
RGB	239, 238, 229	236, 234, 224
HSL	54°, 24%, 92%	50°, 24%, 90%
LRV (light reflectance value)	83.2	80.2	+3
Lab L*	94.0	92.6	+1.4
Lab a*	-1.2	-1.1	−0.2
Lab b*	4.5	5.1	−0.6
Undertone	Warm Yellow	Neutral
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	White	White

Same paint, two kinds of light

White Dove (BM OC-17), published as #EFEEE5

North light (cool, indirect)
#DDE4E3

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF8E5

Glacier White (BM OC-37), published as #ECEAE0

North light (cool, indirect)
#DAE0DE

South light (warm, direct)
#FEF4E0

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 White Dove (BM OC-17) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 3 LRV points lighter (83.2 vs 80.2), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to White Dove in other brands

Closest matches to Glacier White in other brands

Common questions

Is White Dove the same color as Glacier White?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.0. Side by side you may see a slight difference between White Dove and Glacier White.
Which is lighter, White Dove or Glacier White?: White Dove, with an LRV of 83.2 against 80.2.

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

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