Benjamin Moore → Sherwin-Williams
Sherwin-Williams equivalent of Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee OC-45
The closest Sherwin-Williams colour is Cotton (SW 9581), at ΔE 0.76 — indistinguishable.
Cotton is a genuine substitute. At ΔE 0.76 the difference is smaller than most people can see on a wall, and smaller than the shift between two batches of the same colour.
Why people switch between Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams
Swiss Coffee is the warmest of the popular off-whites, and searches for a substitute have grown faster than for any other colour here. That warmth is the whole point of it: pick a replacement that is even slightly cooler and the result reads as plain white rather than the soft cream people are after.
Most people comparing Benjamin Moore to Sherwin-Williams are not shopping for a new colour. They have already chosen one, and then hit a price difference or a painter who buys from a single supplier. The question is what goes on the wall instead.
How close Cotton really is
- Delta E (CIEDE2000)
- 0.76indistinguishable
- LRV
- 83.14Benjamin Moore is 81.91
- Hex
- #EEEBE1#EEECE1 in Benjamin Moore
Nearly the same lightness. Its LRV is 1.2 points higher.
Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams publish LRV against their own measurements, and here the two disagree with the swatches: Cotton reads slightly darker than Swiss Coffee in colour space while carrying the higher published LRV. Treat LRV as comparable within a brand, not across two.
Other Sherwin-Williams options
Worth knowing if Cotton is discontinued locally, or if you want to shift the colour slightly warmer or cooler.
- Alabaster SW 7008ΔE 0.83 · indistinguishable · The candidate is darker.
- Cold Foam SW 9504ΔE 1.14 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, more muted, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.1 points higher.
- Greek Villa SW 7551ΔE 1.20 · near-exact · Nearly the same lightness, with a small hue shift. Its LRV is 2.3 points higher.
Matches in every other brand
See Benjamin Moore Swiss Coffee OC-45 matched across all 13 brands →