Match Softened Violet
Benjamin Moore Softened Violet is a mid-tone shade, cool in character with an LRV of 27. 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.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 27 vs 26), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.3 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Softened Violet reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 23), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (27 vs 21) makes Softened Violet the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 4.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 27 vs 25), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 5.9 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Softened Violet reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 9.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Softened Violet reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 19), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 8-point LRV gap (27 vs 19) makes Softened Violet the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 12.2 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Softened Violet reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 15), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 12.9 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Periwinkle reads slightly lighter (LRV 35 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 13.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
A 10-point LRV gap (27 vs 17) makes Softened Violet the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 13.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A ΔE of 13.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 7-point LRV gap (27 vs 19) makes Softened Violet the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 22.1 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
Softened Violet reads slightly lighter (LRV 27 vs 22), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 22.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
At LRV 27 vs 14, Softened Violet is decisively the brighter choice. A ΔE of 24.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.