Match Basalt grey
RAL Classic Basalt grey is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 14. 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.
A 3-point LRV gap (14 vs 11) makes Basalt grey the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 0.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 14 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.7 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 3-point LRV gap (14 vs 11) makes Basalt grey the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 0.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 14 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 0.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 14 vs 11), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.8 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 14 and 12, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.5 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Basalt grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Basalt grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 3.0 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 14 and 13, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.3 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (14 vs 10) makes Basalt grey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.3 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 3-point LRV gap (14 vs 11) makes Basalt grey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 5-point LRV gap (14 vs 9) makes Basalt grey the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.7 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Basalt grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.2 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 15 and 14, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.