Lavender Wash
Often used for its versatile and reflective qualities, Lavender Wash remains a staple for Benjamin Moore designers. It is widely considered one of the best colors in its class to provide a clean, timeless feel that works across various lighting conditions. We've gathered 3 real-home scenarios to help you visualize this color alongside our expert data.
Hex
#CFD4D7
LRV
64.79
Lavender Wash in Real Rooms
Lavender Wash has a high LRV of 64.79 — it reflects a lot of light and will read pale and airy in most spaces. It's neutral in temperature, making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Gray and Neutral family, the photos below show it applied in a bathroom.
3 Bathroom Photos
Small bathrooms amplify whatever color is on the wall, which makes the choice more consequential than it first appears. Lavender Wash has enough depth to register without closing the room in, and it plays well with white subway tile or warm wood accents.
Bathroom walls enveloped in soothing Lavender Wash create calm.
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Powder room features soft Lavender Wash on all four walls.
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Spa-like bathroom embraces a gentle Lavender Wash finish.
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Coordinating Colors
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 15), opening up a space where Fancy Pants encloses it.
At LRV 90 vs 65, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 81 vs 65, Vanilla Milkshake is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 80 vs 65, Paper Doll is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Violet Dusk reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lavender Wash reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 3-point LRV gap (65 vs 62) makes Lavender Wash the marginally brighter of the two.
Violet Sparkle reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 65 vs 22, Lavender Wash is decisively the brighter choice.
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 12), opening up a space where Desert Shadows encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 66 vs 65), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Antique Pearl reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 65 vs 6, Lavender Wash is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 17, Lavender Wash is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 65 vs 44, Lavender Wash is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Gray Cloud reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (73 vs 65) makes Seattle Gray the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
Lavender Wash reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 42), opening up a space where Solitude encloses it.
Lavender Wash reads slightly lighter (LRV 65 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (65 vs 57) makes Lavender Wash the marginally brighter of the two.
Lavender Wash reflects far more light (LRV 65 vs 50), opening up a space where Thundercloud Gray encloses it.