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Benjamin Moore Tea Light#C9D0BF · LRV 60

Tea Light reads as a green / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Benjamin Moore 471 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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BENJAMIN MOORE TEA LIGHT
RGB 201, 208, 191 LRV 60

Color spec

Brand Benjamin Moore
Name Tea Light
SKU 471
Hex #C9D0BF
RGB 201, 208, 191
HSL 85°, 15%, 78%
LRV 60
Undertone green / cool
Family Neutral

About Benjamin Moore Tea Light

At LRV 60, Tea Light is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its green 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.

Tea Light 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.

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Marble Green
SKU 0454 · #CBD4C8 · LRV 64
ΔE 2.3 (close)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all neutral from that brand.

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.45
All neutral at Valspar →
5007-3B
#C9D1C0
Mellow Spring
ΔE 0.45 · LRV 61.7
T646
#C8D1C3
Kilimanjaro
ΔE 1.38 · LRV 62
8003-33B
#C7D3C2
Budding Green
ΔE 2.02 · LRV 63
T636
#C7D3C2
Budding Green
ΔE 2.02 · LRV 62.6
5005-3B
#CACDC1
Sparkling Sage
ΔE 2.84 · LRV 60.2

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.5
All neutral at PPG / Glidden →
1124-3
#C7CFBE
Frosty Pine
ΔE 0.5 · LRV 60
1127-3
#CED3C1
Merry Music
ΔE 1.19 · LRV 64
1031-1
#CCCCBA
Mix Or Match
ΔE 3.09 · LRV 60
10-31
#C4D1C6
White Clover
ΔE 3.23 · LRV 61
1032-1
#CDCCBE
Metallic Mist
ΔE 3.96 · LRV 60

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.24
All neutral at Behr →
PPU11-12
#C9D1C3
Mild Mint
ΔE 1.24 · LRV 62
720C-3
#CACEBF
Wheat Bread
ΔE 1.59 · LRV 60
PPU10-09
#CBD1BB
Chinese Jade
ΔE 1.86 · LRV 62
PPU10-9
#CBD1BB
Chinese Jade
ΔE 1.86 · LRV 62
PPU10-11
#CCCFC0
Sliced Cucumber
ΔE 1.97 · LRV 61

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.37
All neutral at Clare →
PNT100-MD-47
#C4CEBD
Dirty Martini
ΔE 1.37 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-70
#C9CDB9
All The Sage
ΔE 1.72 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-46
#C1CFC2
Two Scoops
ΔE 3.09 · LRV 60
PNT100-LT-08
#CBCBC5
Windy City
ΔE 6.13 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-17
#D4CBC0
Flatiron
ΔE 8.7 · LRV 61

Sherwin-Williams

1,526 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.54
All neutral at Sherwin-Williams →
SW 59
#CBD0C2
Frostwork
ΔE 1.54 · LRV 62
SW 6176
#CECEBD
Liveable Green
ΔE 3.06 · LRV 61
SW 52
#CBCEC5
Pearl Gray
ΔE 3.95 · LRV 61
SW 6162
#D1CCB9
Ancient Marble
ΔE 5.37 · LRV 60
SW 6169
#D1CDBF
Sedate Gray
ΔE 5.39 · LRV 61

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.73
All neutral at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6283
#C8D1C4
Granite
ΔE 1.73 · LRV 62
DE6262
#CDD0C0
Glass Tile
ΔE 1.81 · LRV 62
DE6248
#D1D2BF
Spooky
ΔE 2.71 · LRV 63
DE6255
#D0D1C1
Wishing Well
ΔE 2.75 · LRV 63
DEC783
#C1D1C4
Opaline
ΔE 3.69 · LRV 61

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.1
All neutral at Magnolia Home →
JG-13
#C9CEC4
Emmie's Room
ΔE 3.1 · LRV 61
JG-55
#D1D1C5
Stoneware Pieces
ΔE 4.02 · LRV 63
JG-18
#CDCABC
Gatherings
ΔE 4.97 · LRV 59
JG-117
#CBC9C1
Earl Gray
ΔE 6.18 · LRV 58
JG-156
#D3C9B7
Plaster
ΔE 7.97 · LRV 59

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.36
All neutral at Farrow & Ball →
NO. 236
#C0CDC2
Teresa's Green
ΔE 3.36 · LRV 59
NO. 285
#CFCEC0
Cromarty
ΔE 3.93 · LRV 61
NO. 205
#CCD0CD
Skylight
ΔE 6.5 · LRV 62
NO. 201
#D9D2C1
Shaded White
ΔE 6.58 · LRV 65
NO. 228
#D1CBC3
Cornforth White
ΔE 8.04 · LRV 60

Backdrop

30 colors in deck · best ΔE 6.5
All neutral at Backdrop →
BD-RR
#D6CFBE
Real Real
ΔE 6.5 · LRV 65
BD-CC
#E5DCC4
Cookies & Cream
ΔE 7.96 · LRV 73
BD-LO
#A4C2D2
Lost in the 80s
ΔE 16.41 · LRV 51
BD-AU
#E5C8B7
August
ΔE 16.96 · LRV 60
BD-BG
#E5BEB0
Boy Meets Girl
ΔE 21.29 · LRV 53

Similar Benjamin Moore colors

closest in the Benjamin Moore deck

The nearest shades to Tea Light within Benjamin Moore's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

CSP-755
Dusty Miller
LRV 59
CSP-790
Budding Green
LRV null
695
Turquoise Mist
LRV 60
CC-640
Blue Grass
LRV 60
HC-141
Hollingsworth Green
LRV 63
1556
Vapor Trails
LRV 61

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #C9D0BF in HSL space. Pair Tea Light with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#C9D0BF + #C6BFD0
TRIADIC
#C9D0BF · #BFC9D0 · #D0BFC9
ANALOGOUS
#D0CFBF · #C9D0BF · #C1D0BF

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.58:1 fail
Sample text on black
13.26:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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