Vista Paint 1286Vista Paint 1286The kind of neutral that changes name depending on the light, though the true neutral underneath it stays put. 1286, from Vista Paint.
Chroma 2.7 - faint on a chip, unmistakable across a wall. Warm bulbs will soften it; daylight bulbs push it further cool.
78.0 on the light-reflectance scale puts it in the middle third, which is the part of the scale with the fewest surprises. It is the sort of color that goes on every wall of a house without feeling overwhelming.
Dunn-Edwards Lighthouse makes a good second wall color here - different enough to read as a real choice, close enough to still feel related (about 12.3 points apart in light reflectance).
PPG Misty Morn (1179-1) matches it closely enough that no one will tell them apart on a wall. 4 other-brand colors land within delta-E 2 of this one - a well-populated part of the spectrum with several near-equivalents to choose from. Matte holds the color truest; a subtle sheen will lift it half a shade under lamps.
It is lighter than 84 percent of the Vista Paint range. Vista Paint lists it in the C codes, alongside 1,421 other colors.
Vista Paint Lavender Pizzazz is close to a true neutral, neither clearly warm nor cool: its hue angle is 344° in CIE Lab at a chroma of 2.7, with a true neutral.
The light reflectance value (LRV) of Vista Paint Lavender Pizzazz (1286) is 78.0, on a scale where 0 is absolute black and 100 is absolute white, which makes it a light color.
Measured on the color wheel, Vista Paint Lavender Pizzazz pairs with Benjamin Moore Sea Foam (2123-60, complement), Vista Paint Light Lavendar (7116, analogous, warmer), PPG Little Lilac (1177-2, analogous, cooler), Dunn-Edwards Lighthouse (DEW385, soft accent).
Vista Paint Lavender Pizzazz's hex value is #E8E2E5, RGB 232, 226, 229.
Vista Paint Lavender Pizzazz is classified as a gray, with a true neutral.
The nearest Pantone TCX color to Vista Paint Lavender Pizzazz is 12-2103 TCX Almost Mauve, delta-E 4.08; the nearest RAL Classic is RAL 9002 Grey white, delta-E 7.58. Neither is an exact match.
The closest cross-brand match to Vista Paint Lavender Pizzazz is PPG Misty Morn (1179-1), at a delta-E of 0.64 - close enough to be the same color by measurement.
| HEX | #E8E2E5 |
| RGB | 232, 226, 229 |
| CMYK | 0%, 3%, 1%, 9% |
| HSL | 330°, 12%, 90% |
| HSV | 330°, 3%, 91% |
| CIE Lab | 90.42, 2.56, -0.75 |
| LCh | 90.42, 2.67, 343.7° |
| XYZ | 74.62, 77.21, 85.08 |
| Pantone (nearest) | 12-2103 TCX Almost Mauve · ΔE 4.08 |
| RAL (nearest) | RAL 9002 Grey white · ΔE 7.58 |
| 12-2103 TCX Almost Mauve | ΔE 4.08 | |
| 12-4306 TCX Barely Blue | ΔE 4.13 | |
| 11-4800 TCX Blanc De Blanc | ΔE 4.25 | |
| RAL 9002 Grey white | ΔE 7.58 |
Pantone TCX and RAL Classic are physical standards; these are their published sRGB approximations, so check a fan deck before specifying. Pantone® and RAL are trademarks of their respective owners.
Shades mix the color toward black, tints toward white. Click any step to find the paint colors closest to it.
One image with Lavender Pizzazz and its closest color at every other brand, measured by delta-E.
Agreeable GraySherwin-Williams SW 7029
Sea SaltSherwin-Williams SW 6204
BlackenedFarrow & Ball 2011
Pearly WhiteSherwin-Williams SW 7009
De NimesFarrow & Ball 299
Iron MountainBehr N520-5
MarshmallowSherwin-Williams SW 7001
Inchyra BlueFarrow & Ball 289
Winter IceBenjamin Moore 866
Smoky MountainDunn-Edwards DE6388
Wild AsterBenjamin Moore 1240
DoveBehr HDC-MD-21
London ClayFarrow & Ball 244
Silver StrandSherwin-Williams SW 7057
Charleston GrayFarrow & Ball 243
Stonington GrayBenjamin Moore HC-170
