Lovely Lavender
650E-2 · #DBD9F4 · LRV 71 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1French Lilac56
- 2Lavender Mist63
- 3Lovely Lavender71
- 4White Lavender76
- 5Barely Pink87
What Color Is Lovely Lavender, Really?
Lovely Lavender reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr 650E-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Lovely Lavender
Lovely Lavender is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Purples range from restful (bedrooms) to dramatic (powder rooms) depending on depth.
How Lighting Changes Lovely Lavender
At LRV 71, Lovely Lavender is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its blue undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Lovely Lavender are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr 650E-2 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valspar | Watercolor Grape8002-48A · Valspar | 4.9 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Amethyst Ice04RB 71/082 · Glidden | 3.6 | 71 | Color page → |
| Dunn-Edwards | Lavender SkyDE5939 · Dunn-Edwards | 0.9 | 66 | Color page → |
| Diamond Vogel | Eyeshadow1259 · Diamond Vogel | 3.7 | 71 | Color page → |
| Hirshfield's | Eyeshadow1259 · Hirshfield's | 3.9 | 72 | Color page → |
| Kompozit | Eyeshadow1259 · Kompozit | 3.9 | 70 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Lovely Lavender within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #DBD9F4 in HSL space. Pair Lovely Lavender with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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