Spring Iris

A wash of violet undertone over a mostly-light base, which is a harder balance to hit than it sounds. Spring Iris is Benjamin Moore's 1402.

64.8 on the light-reflectance scale puts it in the middle third, which is the part of the scale with the fewest surprises. Chroma 8.0 sits in a comfortable middle: present enough to notice, restrained enough to live with.

South light flatters it. In a north-facing room it can turn cold, so sample that wall first. A dependable choice where a room gets good natural light and a pure white would feel sterile. For a secondary wall, Dunn-Edwards Lighthouse gives a natural step up in brightness without feeling like a mismatch (roughly 25.5 LRV points apart).

Behr Lavender Memory (M550-2) matches it closely enough that no one will tell them apart on a wall. Eggshell is a common middle ground here - enough durability for a lived-in room without the sheen that would draw attention to wall imperfections.

It is lighter than 77 percent of the Benjamin Moore range. This is a crowded part of the scale - 397 colors measure within a point of 64.8 - so most brands will have something close. Benjamin Moore lists it in the 1000 series, alongside 621 other colors.