Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) vs Snowbound (SW 7004)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Snowbound, LRV 83 vs 81.9.
- Warmer
- Swiss Coffee (Lab b* 5.6 vs 2.8). Swiss Coffee reads warm white; Snowbound reads neutral white.
- North rooms
- Snowbound drifts less gray (chroma drop 0.4 vs 3.0); both keep about the same brightness.
- Trim that works
- Dune White BM 968, #ECEAE0, LRV 80.2: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 3.0, noticeably different. At 3.0, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) is about as light as Snowbound (SW 7004) and slightly warmer: LRV 81.9 vs 83, deltaE 3.0 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Swiss Coffee | Snowbound | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | OC-45 | SW 7004 | |
| Hex | #EEECE1 | #EDEAE5 | |
| RGB | 238, 236, 225 | 237, 234, 229 | |
| HSL | 51°, 28%, 91% | 37°, 18%, 91% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 81.9 | 83 | −1.1 |
| Lab L* | 93.3 | 92.8 | +0.5 |
| Lab a* | -1.2 | 0.1 | −1.4 |
| Lab b* | 5.6 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Neutral | |
| Temperature | warm | neutral | |
| Color family | White | White |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45), published as #EEECE1
#DCE2DF
#FFF6E1
Snowbound (SW 7004), published as #EDEAE5
#DBE0E3
#FFF4E5
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 Snowbound (SW 7004) 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 Snowbound (SW 7004) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 2.8 against 5.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Swiss Coffee (BM OC-45) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 5.6), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Swiss Coffee in other brands
Closest matches to Snowbound in other brands
Common questions
- Is Swiss Coffee the same color as Snowbound?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.0. Most people can see the difference between Swiss Coffee and Snowbound side by side.
- Which is lighter, Swiss Coffee or Snowbound?
- Snowbound, 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); Snowbound: 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.