Your Majesty (BM 1400)
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Your Majesty (BM 1400) is a very deep, cool purple from Benjamin Moore: LRV 12.3, so it reflects about 12 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Your Majesty
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Your Majesty by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper purple, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Your Majesty, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | African Violet | SW 6982 | 11 | 1.1 | very close |
| Behr | King's Court | P560-7 | 10.2 | 1.8 | very close |
| Valspar | Purple Royalty | 4009-10 | 12 | 4.1 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Eggplant | 1247-7 | 9 | 3.2 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore purple colors nearest to Your Majesty (LRV 12.3) by LRV.
Lighter than Your Majesty
Darker than Your Majesty
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1400 |
| Hex | #635083 |
| RGB | 99, 80, 131 |
| HSL | 262°, 24%, 41% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 12.3 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 37.9, 19.3, -25.8 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Purple |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Your Majesty (BM 1400), published as #635083
#514881
#755884
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Your Majesty (BM 1400)?
- Your Majesty has an LRV of 12.3. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Your Majesty is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Your Majesty in another brand?
- African Violet (SW 6982) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 1.1 (very close).
- Is Your Majesty warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Your Majesty as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -25.8; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.