Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) vs Dover White (SW 6385)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Dover White, LRV 83 vs 81.9.
- Warmer
- Dover White, both warm white (Lab b* 7.5 vs 5.6).
- North rooms
- Swiss Coffee drifts less gray (chroma drop 3.0 vs 4.3); both keep about the same brightness.
- Trim that works
- Seapearl BM 961, #E7E4D9, LRV 76.4: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 2.0, very close. At 2.0, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.
See each color
Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) is about as light as Dover White (SW 6385) and slightly cooler: LRV 81.9 vs 83, deltaE 2.0 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Swiss Coffee | Dover White | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | OC-45 | SW 6385 | |
| Hex | #EEECE1 | #F0EADC | |
| RGB | 238, 236, 225 | 240, 234, 220 | |
| HSL | 51°, 28%, 91% | 42°, 40%, 90% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 81.9 | 83 | −1.1 |
| Lab L* | 93.3 | 92.8 | +0.5 |
| Lab a* | -1.2 | -0.3 | −0.9 |
| Lab b* | 5.6 | 7.5 | −2.0 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Neutral | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | White | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45), published as #EEECE1
#DCE2DF
#FFF6E1
Dover White (SW 6385), published as #F0EADC
#DEE0DA
#FFF4DC
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 Dover White (SW 6385) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1.1 LRV points lighter (83 vs 81.9), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 5.6 against 7.5, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Dover White (SW 6385) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.5), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Swiss Coffee in other brands
Closest matches to Dover White in other brands
Common questions
- Is Swiss Coffee the same color as Dover White?
- They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.0. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Swiss Coffee and Dover White.
- Which is lighter, Swiss Coffee or Dover White?
- Dover White, with an LRV of 83 against 81.9.
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Sources: Swiss Coffee: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02); Dover 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.