Match RAL 840-M
RAL Effect RAL 840-M is a deep, low-reflectance shade with an LRV of 6. 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 6 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.1 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
With LRVs of 7 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.3 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
A 6-point LRV gap (6 vs 0) makes RAL 840-M the marginally brighter of the two. A ΔE of 1.4 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 7 vs 6), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.5 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Umbra grey reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 7 and 6, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
Raisin Cake reads slightly lighter (LRV 11 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 5.1 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
RAL 840-M reads slightly lighter (LRV 6 vs 3), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.3 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.