White Dove (BM OC-17) vs Acadia White (BM OC-38)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- About the same: LRV 83.2 vs 83.3.
- Warmer
- Acadia White, both warm white (Lab b* 8.1 vs 4.5).
- North rooms
- White Dove drifts less gray (chroma drop 2.1 vs 3.7); both keep about the same brightness.
- Trim that works
- Crisp Linen BM CSP-305, #F9F6E7, LRV 89.6: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 2.9, noticeably different. At 2.9, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
White Dove (BM OC-17) is about as light as Acadia White (BM OC-38) and cooler: LRV 83.2 vs 83.3, deltaE 2.9 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | White Dove | Acadia White | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Benjamin Moore | |
| Color code | OC-17 | OC-38 | |
| Hex | #EFEEE5 | #F2EFDF | |
| RGB | 239, 238, 229 | 242, 239, 223 | |
| HSL | 54°, 24%, 92% | 51°, 42%, 91% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 83.2 | 83.3 | −0.2 |
| Lab L* | 94.0 | 94.3 | −0.3 |
| Lab a* | -1.2 | -1.7 | +0.5 |
| Lab b* | 4.5 | 8.1 | −3.6 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow | Neutral | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | White | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
White Dove (BM OC-17), published as #EFEEE5
#DDE4E3
#FFF8E5
Acadia White (BM OC-38), published as #F2EFDF
#E0E5DD
#FFF9DF
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 Acadia White (BM OC-38) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0.2 LRV points lighter (83.3 vs 83.2), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick White Dove (BM OC-17) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 4.5 against 8.1, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Acadia White (BM OC-38) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 8.1), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to White Dove in other brands
Closest matches to Acadia White in other brands
Common questions
- Is White Dove the same color as Acadia White?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.9. Most people can see the difference between White Dove and Acadia White side by side.
- Which is lighter, White Dove or Acadia White?
- Acadia White, with an LRV of 83.3 against 83.2.
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Sources: White Dove: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02); Acadia 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.