Lavender

With an LRV of about 68, Lavender reflects a little over half the light that reaches it, so it stays light in a north-facing room without looking stark. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Lavender in other brands

• February Frost Behr 630A-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.2
• Opus Half Dulux Australia S43F1H Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.5
• Nuptial Knot Nippon Paint NP PB 2927P Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.8
• Eyeshadow Hallman Lindsay 1259 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9
• Carefree Breeze Kelly-Moore KM3034-1 Light Gray Very close ΔE 0.9
• Gentle Violet Plascon P1-A2-2 Grayish Blue Very close ΔE 0.9

Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore

• Polar Benjamin Moore 2069-70 White
• North Benjamin Moore 1411 Light Gray

How it looks with color blindness

• Deuteranopia Reads as light gray
• Protanopia Reads as grayish blue
• Tritanopia Reads as light gray
• Achromatopsia Reads as light gray

Under different light

• Warm bulb, 2700 K Turns beige
• Neutral, 4000 K Turns light gray
• Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Lavender warm or cool?

Cool. Its LAB b value of -7.7 and a value of 3.3 lean toward blue or green, so it reads cooler next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Behr color to Lavender?

February Frost (630A-2), at ΔE 0.2. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Lavender?

≈ 68. Benjamin Moore does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.