Sweet Lavender
BIC-08 · #CBD8F5 · LRV 68 — cool blue tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Resolute Blue40
- 2Honolulu Blue62
- 3Sweet Lavender68
- 4Bashful Blue74
- 5Icy Bay83
What Color Is Sweet Lavender, Really?
Sweet Lavender reads as a cool blue tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr BIC-08 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Sweet Lavender
Sweet 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. Blues calm a room, which makes them popular in bedrooms, bathrooms and home offices.
How Lighting Changes Sweet Lavender
At LRV 68, Sweet 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 Sweet 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 BIC-08 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Purple Lace2068-60 · Benjamin Moore | 4.0 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Serenity4005-7B · Valspar | 4.7 | 67.5 | Color page → |
| Dunn-Edwards | Fly a KiteDE5890 · Dunn-Edwards | 2.4 | 65 | Color page → |
| Farrow & Ball | GraupelNO. G10 · Farrow & Ball | 2.8 | 61 | Color page → |
| Diamond Vogel | Fluid Blue0602 · Diamond Vogel | 3.5 | 66 | Color page → |
| Hirshfield's | Fluid Blue0602 · Hirshfield's | 4.1 | 67 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Sweet 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 #CBD8F5 in HSL space. Pair Sweet Lavender with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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