The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Silver Satin
Benjamin Moore · OC-26
The off-white that knows when to disappear
Maritime White
Benjamin Moore · 963
The cream that behaves
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSilver Satin is the lighter of the two at LRV 75.3, 3.7 points above Maritime White at LRV 71.6. Both read warm. Both belong to the whites family. For a whole room, Silver Satin is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Maritime White is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsSilver Satin is the quiet professional of the off-white world — soft, low-chroma, and just warm enough to never read as stark. In a north-facing room it settles into a calm greige; in afternoon sun it lifts to a clean, milky white without ever turning yellow.
Maritime White is a warm, creamy off-white with a green-grey base that stops it from tipping into yellow. At LRV 72 it is soft rather than bright — an ivory, not a white — and in a bedroom it makes everything feel calmer and slightly older, in the best way.