Match Opal green
RAL Classic Opal green is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 11. 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.
Opal green reads slightly lighter (LRV 11 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.6 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 5-point LRV gap (11 vs 6) makes Opal green the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 11 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.2 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 11 and 8, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 11 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Pearl opal green reads slightly lighter (LRV 14 vs 11), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 4.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 11 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 11 and 9, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 6.9 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 12 and 11, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 7.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 6-point LRV gap (17 vs 11) makes Emerald Glade the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 10.5 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
A 4-point LRV gap (11 vs 7) makes Opal green the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 14.3 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.
At ΔE 15.0 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Opal green reads slightly lighter (LRV 11 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 16.8 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 12 vs 11), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 21.8 puts them firmly in different territory — a strong contrast if combined.