White Dove (BM OC-17) vs Greek Villa (SW 7551)

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 Greek Villa SW 7551 (simulated) — Greek Villa SW 7551#F0ECE2, LRV 84

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

Quick decision

Lighter: About the same: LRV 83.2 vs 84.
Warmer: Greek Villa, both warm white (Lab b* 5.3 vs 4.5).
North rooms: White Dove drifts less gray (chroma drop 2.1 vs 3.6); both keep about the same brightness.
Trim that works: Mountain Peak White BM 2148-70, #F7F5EB, LRV 88.6: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 1.5, very close. At 1.5, 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

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Greek VillaSherwin-Williams, SW 7551LRV 84, #F0ECE2

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White Dove (BM OC-17) is about as light as Greek Villa (SW 7551) and about as warm: LRV 83.2 vs 84, deltaE 1.5 (very close).

Side by side

Measure	White Dove	Greek Villa	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	OC-17	SW 7551
Hex	#EFEEE5	#F0ECE2
RGB	239, 238, 229	240, 236, 226
HSL	54°, 24%, 92%	43°, 32%, 91%
LRV (light reflectance value)	83.2	84	−0.8
Lab L*	94.0	93.5	+0.5
Lab a*	-1.2	-0.4	−0.9
Lab b*	4.5	5.3	−0.9
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

Greek Villa (SW 7551), published as #F0ECE2

North light (cool, indirect)
#DEE2E0

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF6E2

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 Greek Villa (SW 7551) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0.8 LRV points lighter (84 vs 83.2), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to White Dove in other brands

Closest matches to Greek Villa in other brands

Common questions

Is White Dove the same color as Greek Villa?: They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.5. Side by side you may see a slight difference between White Dove and Greek Villa.
Which is lighter, White Dove or Greek Villa?: Greek Villa, with an LRV of 84 against 83.2.

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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); Greek Villa: 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.