Creamy (SW 7012) vs Ivory Lace (SW 7013)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Creamy SW 7012 (simulated) — Creamy SW 7012#EFE8DB, LRV 81

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Ivory Lace SW 7013 (simulated) — Ivory Lace SW 7013#ECE5D8, LRV 79

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Creamy, LRV 81 vs 79.
Warmer: About the same, both warm white (Lab b* 7.2 vs 7.2).
North rooms: About the same: both keep their brightness and color about equally (L* 88.3 vs 87.3 in north light).
Trim that works: Panda White SW 6147, #EAE2D4, LRV 77: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 0.6, indistinguishable. At 0.6, pick on price, finish or availability.

See each color

CreamySherwin-Williams, SW 7012LRV 81, #EFE8DB

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Ivory LaceSherwin-Williams, SW 7013LRV 79, #ECE5D8

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Creamy (SW 7012) is slightly lighter than Ivory Lace (SW 7013) and about as warm: LRV 81 vs 79, deltaE 0.6 (indistinguishable).

Side by side

Measure	Creamy	Ivory Lace	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 7012	SW 7013
Hex	#EFE8DB	#ECE5D8
RGB	239, 232, 219	236, 229, 216
HSL	39°, 38%, 90%	39°, 34%, 89%
LRV (light reflectance value)	81	79	+2
Lab L*	92.2	91.2	+1.0
Lab a*	0.2	0.2	0.0
Lab b*	7.2	7.2	−0.0
Undertone	Warm Yellow	Warm
Temperature	warm	warm
Color family	Off-white	Off-white

Same paint, two kinds of light

Creamy (SW 7012), published as #EFE8DB

North light (cool, indirect)
#DDDED9

South light (warm, direct)
#FFF2DB

Ivory Lace (SW 7013), published as #ECE5D8

North light (cool, indirect)
#DBDBD6

South light (warm, direct)
#FEEFD8

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 Creamy (SW 7012) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 2 LRV points lighter (81 vs 79), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Creamy in other brands

Closest matches to Ivory Lace in other brands

Common questions

Is Creamy the same color as Ivory Lace?: They are indistinguishable: a CIEDE2000 difference of 0.6. Most people cannot tell Creamy and Ivory Lace apart.
Which is lighter, Creamy or Ivory Lace?: Creamy, with an LRV of 81 against 79.

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Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

Sources: 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.