Café Mocha vs Slaked Lime Deep
Where Café Mocha belongs to Benjamin Moore's range, Slaked Lime Deep is a Little Greene color. Café Mocha reads as beige-pink, while Slaked Lime Deep reads as beige — two distinct hue families, not close cousins. Café Mocha has an LRV of 42. Both lean red, so they'll behave similarly in mixed or changing light conditions. With a ΔE of 13.7, the contrast is hard to miss. These aren't variations on a theme — they're two different answers to the same question. Below you'll find 1 real-room photo comparison where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Café Mocha vs Slaked Lime Deep in Real Spaces
1 real room side by side. Seeing Café Mocha and Slaked Lime Deep in actual rooms makes the difference concrete; browse the spaces below to get a feel for how each color lives on a wall.
Bathroom
Bathrooms are one of the few spaces where you're genuinely enclosed by the paint color, which makes the choice between these two more consequential. The distinction reads clearly at room scale, making the choice between them concrete.
Color Details
Café Mocha vs Slaked Lime Deep Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Café Mocha on one side and Slaked Lime Deep on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Café Mocha comparisons
See how Café Mocha stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
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At LRV 83 vs 42, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 6, Café Mocha is decisively the brighter choice.
Purbeck Stone reads slightly lighter (LRV 52 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Café Mocha reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 10-point LRV gap (52 vs 42) makes Mizzle the marginally brighter of the two.
Agreeable Gray reflects far more light (LRV 60 vs 42), opening up a space where Café Mocha encloses it.
At LRV 58 vs 42, Accessible Beige is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 27, Café Mocha is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 43 and 42, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Café Mocha reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 4), opening up a space where Naval encloses it.
At LRV 55 vs 42, Tranquil Dawn is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 13, Café Mocha is decisively the brighter choice.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 44 vs 42), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 42), opening up a space where Café Mocha encloses it.
Café Mocha reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 21), opening up a space where Artichoke encloses it.
At LRV 66 vs 42, Balboa Mist is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 42, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 42, Snowbound is decisively the brighter choice.
Pigeon reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 42), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 42 vs 12, Café Mocha is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 42 vs 8, Café Mocha is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 68 vs 42, Skimming Stone is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 42 and 41, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
At LRV 42 vs 12, Café Mocha is decisively the brighter choice.
A 4-point LRV gap (45 vs 42) makes Saybrook Sage the marginally brighter of the two.
Café Mocha reads slightly lighter (LRV 42 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Café Mocha reflects far more light (LRV 42 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.