Pampas Grass
Benjamin Moore's Pampas Grass is a brown shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. With an LRV of 72.7, it sits on the light-reflective side of the palette and can feel especially open in generous daylight. Explore its color relationships and measurements, then bring the shortlist into your own light with a physical sample.
Hex
#E8DDD8
LRV
72.74
Coordinating Colors
Pampas Grass reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 20), opening up a space where Eclipse encloses it.
At LRV 88 vs 73, Opulence is decisively the brighter choice.
Cloud White reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 73), opening up a space where Pampas Grass encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 20, Pampas Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 75 vs 73), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 75 and 73, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 3-point LRV gap (76 vs 73) makes Savory Cream the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 75 and 73, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 73 vs 25, Pampas Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
Pampas Grass reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Pampas Grass reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 19), opening up a space where Providence Blue encloses it.
At LRV 73 vs 31, Pampas Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 73 vs 14, Pampas Grass is decisively the brighter choice.
Pampas Grass reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 17), opening up a space where Blue Spruce encloses it.
Darker Colors
Pampas Grass reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 48), opening up a space where Cedar Ridge encloses it.
Pampas Grass reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 60), opening up a space where Wisp of Mauve encloses it.
Pampas Grass reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 45), opening up a space where Cappuccino encloses it.
Pampas Grass reads slightly lighter (LRV 73 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 11-point LRV gap (73 vs 62) makes Pampas Grass the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Cool and muted, this chalky pink imparts a calm, easygoing quality.