Match Cool Lava
Benjamin Moore Cool Lava is a mid-tone shade, warm in character with an LRV of 39. 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.
With LRVs of 41 and 39, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Cool Lava reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 40 vs 39), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 4.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
With LRVs of 39 and 39, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 5.0 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (49 vs 39) makes Coral Fountain the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Cool Lava reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 36), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 8.6 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (44 vs 39) makes Light pink the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 8.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Toasted Beige reads slightly lighter (LRV 48 vs 39), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.5 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 39 vs 27, Cool Lava is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 13.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Cool Lava reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 30), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 17.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.