Chaise Mauve
Sherwin-Williams's Chaise Mauve is a purple shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. An LRV of 46.4 places it through the middle of the scale, where color and depth can remain visible as the light changes. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
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46.43
Chaise Mauve's Color Strip
Chaise Mauve is the second shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Vaguely Mauve and Intuitive. The strip spans from Vaguely Mauve at the lightest end to Marooned at the deepest. Strip 230 lines up the full value range so you can see exactly where this color lands among its closest relatives.
Chaise Mauve in Rooms
Follow Chaise Mauve from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 2 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
2 Bedroom Photos
2 bedroom images trace Chaise Mauve (6016) through the slower pace of morning and night. Its place within Living Well and Pottery Barn Teen hints at the range of palettes it can inhabit.
Bedroom walls in Chaise Mauve offer a soft, nurturing environment for young sleepers.
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Chaise Mauve creates a dreamy backdrop for a child's bedroom sanctuary.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 72 vs 46, Smart White is decisively the brighter choice.
Only Natural reflects far more light (LRV 67 vs 46), opening up a space where Chaise Mauve encloses it.
A 4-point LRV gap (50 vs 46) makes Soft Apricot the marginally brighter of the two.
Trim Color
At LRV 72 vs 46, Smart White is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 48 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 4-point LRV gap (50 vs 46) makes Studio Mauve the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 48 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 47 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 48 and 46, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Mauve Finery reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 8-point LRV gap (46 vs 39) makes Chaise Mauve the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 46), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 46 vs 45), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Mountain Air reflects far more light (LRV 73 vs 46), opening up a space where Chaise Mauve encloses it.
Niebla Azul reads slightly lighter (LRV 53 vs 46), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 6-point LRV gap (53 vs 46) makes Silver Lake the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 16, Chaise Mauve is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 77 vs 46, Glass Bead is decisively the brighter choice.
Chaise Mauve reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 29), opening up a space where Morning at Sea encloses it.
A 12-point LRV gap (46 vs 35) makes Chaise Mauve the marginally brighter of the two.
Darker Colors
Chaise Mauve reflects far more light (LRV 46 vs 28), opening up a space where Coquina encloses it.
A 8-point LRV gap (46 vs 39) makes Chaise Mauve the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 46 vs 21, Chaise Mauve is decisively the brighter choice.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
Settle into the sophisticated comfort of this muted mauve, where warm undertones create an unexpectedly cozy embrace despite its cool purple heritage. Perfect for a refined bedroom or sitting room, it pairs beautifully with warm creams and soft grays for an atmosphere of understated elegance.