Designer White
ICC-11 · #E7DED1 · LRV 74 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Agreeable Gray60
- 2Pale Oak69
- 3Designer White74
- 4Dover White83
- 5Moonlit Beach88
What Color Is Designer White, Really?
Designer White reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr ICC-11 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Designer White
Designer White is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Designer White
At LRV 74, Designer White is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Designer White are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr ICC-11 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Shoji WhiteSW 7042 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.9 | 74 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | First CrushCSP-310 · Benjamin Moore | 0.8 | 74 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Balance2004-10C · Valspar | 1.0 | 73.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Southern BreezePPG1097-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.5 | 73 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Southern BreezePPG1097-2 · Glidden | 2.2 | 74 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Almond Milk413-1DB · Dutch Boy | 1.2 | 74 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Designer White within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #E7DED1 in HSL space. Pair Designer White with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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