Creamy (SW 7012) vs Westhighland White (SW 7566)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Westhighland White, LRV 86 vs 81.
- Warmer
- Creamy, both warm white (Lab b* 7.2 vs 5.9).
- North rooms
- Westhighland White: keeps more brightness (L* 90.3 vs 88.3 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 4.0 vs 4.5).
- Trim that works
- Whitetail SW 7103, #F4EFE4, LRV 86: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 1.6, very close. At 1.6, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.
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Westhighland White
More comparisons with Westhighland White
Creamy (SW 7012) is darker than Westhighland White (SW 7566) and slightly warmer: LRV 81 vs 86, deltaE 1.6 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Creamy | Westhighland White | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 7012 | SW 7566 | |
| Hex | #EFE8DB | #F3EEE3 | |
| RGB | 239, 232, 219 | 243, 238, 227 | |
| HSL | 39°, 38%, 90% | 41°, 40%, 92% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 81 | 86 | −5 |
| Lab L* | 92.2 | 94.2 | −2.0 |
| Lab a* | 0.2 | -0.2 | +0.4 |
| Lab b* | 7.2 | 5.9 | +1.3 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow | Neutral | |
| Temperature | warm | warm | |
| Color family | Off-white | White |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Creamy (SW 7012), published as #EFE8DB
#DDDED9
#FFF2DB
Westhighland White (SW 7566), published as #F3EEE3
#E1E4E1
#FFF8E3
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 Westhighland White (SW 7566) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 5 LRV points lighter (86 vs 81), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Westhighland White (SW 7566) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 5.9 against 7.2, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Creamy (SW 7012) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.2), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Creamy in other brands
Closest matches to Westhighland White in other brands
Common questions
- Is Creamy the same color as Westhighland White?
- They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 1.6. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Creamy and Westhighland White.
- Which is lighter, Creamy or Westhighland White?
- Westhighland White, with an LRV of 86 against 81.
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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.