White Dove (BM OC-17) vs Origami White (SW 7636)

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 Origami White SW 7636 (simulated) — Origami White SW 7636#E5E2DA, LRV 76

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

Quick decision

Lighter: White Dove, LRV 83.2 vs 76.
Warmer: White Dove, both warm white (Lab b* 4.5 vs 4.3).
North rooms: White Dove keeps more brightness (L* 90.0 vs 86.0 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Mountain Peak White BM 2148-70, #F7F5EB, LRV 88.6: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 2.8, noticeably different. At 2.8, 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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Origami WhiteSherwin-Williams, SW 7636LRV 76, #E5E2DA

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White Dove (BM OC-17) is lighter than Origami White (SW 7636) and about as warm: LRV 83.2 vs 76, deltaE 2.8 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	White Dove	Origami White	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	OC-17	SW 7636
Hex	#EFEEE5	#E5E2DA
RGB	239, 238, 229	229, 226, 218
HSL	54°, 24%, 92%	44°, 17%, 88%
LRV (light reflectance value)	83.2	76	+7.2
Lab L*	94.0	89.9	+4.0
Lab a*	-1.2	-0.4	−0.9
Lab b*	4.5	4.3	+0.2
Undertone	Warm Yellow	Neutral
Temperature	warm	neutral
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

Origami White (SW 7636), published as #E5E2DA

North light (cool, indirect)
#D3D8D8

South light (warm, direct)
#F7ECDA

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 7.2 LRV points lighter (83.2 vs 76), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to White Dove in other brands

Closest matches to Origami White in other brands

Common questions

Is White Dove the same color as Origami White?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.8. Most people can see the difference between White Dove and Origami White side by side.
Which is lighter, White Dove or Origami White?: White Dove, with an LRV of 83.2 against 76.

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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); Origami 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.