The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Swiss Coffee
Benjamin Moore · OC-45
The warm white everyone starts with
Maritime White
Benjamin Moore · 963
The cream that behaves
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSwiss Coffee is the lighter of the two at LRV 84, 12.4 points above Maritime White at LRV 71.6. Both read warm. Both belong to the whites family. For a whole room, Swiss Coffee is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Maritime White is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsSwiss Coffee is the warm white by which other warm whites are measured. With an LRV near 84 it stays bright and open, but a slight yellow-beige undertone keeps it creamy rather than clinical — the look of fresh cream rather than fresh snow.
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.