Match Joyful Lilac
Sherwin-Williams Joyful Lilac is a light-reflective shade, cool in character with an LRV of 69. 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 70 and 69, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 1.4 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 1.6 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Joyful Lilac reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 66), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 1.9 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. A ΔE of 2.2 means the difference barely reads in a finished room.
Joyful Lilac reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 2.8 you'd need them side by side to tell them apart.
With LRVs of 69 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 3.4 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (73 vs 69) makes Spangle the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 3.6 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
A 8-point LRV gap (69 vs 61) makes Joyful Lilac the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 6.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 6.4 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Joyful Lilac reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 56), opening up a space where Sugared Almond encloses it. At ΔE 7.5 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
With LRVs of 69 and 67, the two reflect almost the same amount of light. At ΔE 8.7 they're clearly different, yet close enough to share a room.
A 7-point LRV gap (69 vs 62) makes Joyful Lilac the marginally brighter of the two. The ΔE 9.0 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 69 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room. The ΔE 9.8 gap is real but not dramatic — distinct as a choice, harmonious together.
Joyful Lilac reads slightly lighter (LRV 69 vs 59), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms. At ΔE 10.7 these are two genuinely different directions, not variations on a theme.