White Dove (BM OC-17) vs Creamy (SW 7012)

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 Sherwin-Williams Creamy SW 7012 (simulated) — Creamy SW 7012#EFE8DB, LRV 81

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

Quick decision

Lighter: White Dove, LRV 83.2 vs 81.
Warmer: Creamy, both warm white (Lab b* 7.2 vs 4.5).
North rooms: White Dove: keeps more brightness (L* 90.0 vs 88.3 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 2.1 vs 4.5).
Trim that works: Mountain Peak White BM 2148-70, #F7F5EB, LRV 88.6: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 3.1, noticeably different. At 3.1, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

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

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CreamySherwin-Williams, SW 7012LRV 81, #EFE8DB

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White Dove (BM OC-17) is slightly lighter than Creamy (SW 7012) and slightly cooler: LRV 83.2 vs 81, deltaE 3.1 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	White Dove	Creamy	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	OC-17	SW 7012
Hex	#EFEEE5	#EFE8DB
RGB	239, 238, 229	239, 232, 219
HSL	54°, 24%, 92%	39°, 38%, 90%
LRV (light reflectance value)	83.2	81	+2.2
Lab L*	94.0	92.2	+1.7
Lab a*	-1.2	0.2	−1.4
Lab b*	4.5	7.2	−2.7
Undertone	Warm Yellow	Warm Yellow
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	White	Off-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

Creamy (SW 7012), published as #EFE8DB

North light (cool, indirect)
#DDDED9

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF2DB

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 2.2 LRV points lighter (83.2 vs 81), 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 7.2, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Creamy (SW 7012) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.2), which counters cool indirect light

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Closest matches to Creamy in other brands

Common questions

Is White Dove the same color as Creamy?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.1. Most people can see the difference between White Dove and Creamy side by side.
Which is lighter, White Dove or Creamy?: White Dove, with an LRV of 83.2 against 81.

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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); Creamy: 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.