Match Soft Boiled
Behr Soft Boiled is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 51. The matches below are ranked by ΔE, a perceptual color-difference score.
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Closest matches across every brand
One match per brand, ranked by ΔE — a perceptual color difference score calculated from Lab color space values. Lower is closer. Click any card to compare side by side in simulated rooms.
Mac N Cheese reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Fall Gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 56 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 52 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.2 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 51 vs 50), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
RAL 270-6 reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 7.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 11-point LRV gap (62 vs 51) makes Sunflower Symphony 4 the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 7.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Soft Boiled reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Soft Boiled reads slightly lighter (LRV 51 vs 43), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 11.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 54 vs 51), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 18.6 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Babouche reads slightly lighter (LRV 57 vs 51), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 24.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Soft Boiled reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 19), opening up a space where Brazen encloses it. At ΔE 33.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Soft Boiled reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 38), opening up a space where Masala encloses it. At ΔE 41.6 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Soft Boiled reflects far more light (LRV 51 vs 33), opening up a space where S 3030-Y30R encloses it. At ΔE 42.2 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.