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Benjamin Moore Intense White reviews (9 photos)
What are Benjamin Moore Intense White undertones?
Is Intense White OC-51 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Intense White
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
LRV of Intense White OC-51
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Intense White OC-51
Code:	OC-51
Name:	Intense White
Brand:	Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Intense White?

Benjamin Moore Intense White OC-51 is a pale, muted off-white with a soft gray-beige cast rather than a crisp, bright-white look. Its low-saturation appearance gives walls a gentle shadowed quality, especially beside pure white trim. In warm daylight, this color can read slightly creamier, while cooler light brings out its quiet gray side. It suits living rooms, bedrooms, and open-plan spaces where a light neutral is wanted without the starkness of pure white. Pair Intense White with natural oak, weathered stone, charcoal accents, or clean white details for contrast.

Benjamin Moore Intense White reviews (9 photos)

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What are Benjamin Moore Intense White undertones?

Intense White OC-51 reads as a light, low-saturation off-white that sits close to neutral, with a faint yellow-leaning direction in the supplied digital sample. That slight warmth is subtle enough that the color can still look mostly neutral rather than clearly creamy or beige. Benjamin Moore describes it as an “easygoing off-white with classic appeal,” but the official information provided does not name a specific undertone. Warm artificial light may bring out its mild yellow warmth, while cool daylight can make it appear cleaner and more neutral.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#E0DFD7

RGB code:

224, 223, 215

Is Benjamin Moore Intense White cool or warm?

warm

cool

With a hue of 53°, this Grey leans warm, but it is close to neutral and can read cooler in some light.

OC-51 Intense White HSL code: 53, 13%, 86%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Intense White

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlight	Visible temp.	Hue	Duration
North	Cool	Bluish	All day
East	Warm	Yellow	Before noon
West	Warm	Orange-red	After noon
South	Warm	Orange-yellow	All day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Grey shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Intense White:

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

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Darker shades

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Intense White

Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Intense White with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 233, such as Benjamin Moore Approaching Storm and Evening Dove.

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LRV of Intense White

Intense White has an LRV of 73.36% and refers to Off‑White colors that reflect a lot of light. Why LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 73.36%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft² living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#E0DFD7
RGB Decimal	224, 223, 215
RGB Percent	87.84%, 87.45%, 84.31%
HSV	Hue: 53° Saturation: 4.02% Value: 87.84%
HSL	hsl(53, 13, 86)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 0.45 Yellow: 4.02 Key: 12.16
YIQ	Y: 222.387 I: 3.167 Q: -2.278
XYZ	X: 69.391 Y: 73.529 Z: 74.809
CIE Lab	L:88.699 a:-1.07 b:4.037
CIE Luv	L:88.699 u:1.016 v:6.284
Decimal	14737367
Hunter Lab	85.749, -5.613, 8.299