Impulsive Purple (SW 6832)
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Impulsive Purple (SW 6832) is a very deep, cool purple from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 9, so it reflects about 9 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Impulsive Purple
Three Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Impulsive Purple by this site's color math: a trim white, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Sherwin-Williams did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Impulsive Purple, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Your Majesty | 1400 | 12.3 | 3.3 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Deep Violet | S-G-670 | 8.9 | 2.8 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Sumptuous Purple | 4010-10 | 7 | 3.0 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Perfectly Purple | 1176-7 | 9 | 2.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams purple colors nearest to Impulsive Purple (LRV 9) by LRV.
Lighter than Impulsive Purple
Darker than Impulsive Purple
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6832 |
| Hex | #624977 |
| RGB | 98, 73, 119 |
| HSL | 273°, 24%, 38% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 35.4, 20.3, -22.3 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Purple |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Impulsive Purple (SW 6832), published as #624977
#514175
#735178
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Impulsive Purple (SW 6832)?
- Impulsive Purple has an LRV of 9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Impulsive Purple is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Impulsive Purple in another brand?
- Perfectly Purple (PPG 1176-7) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 2.0 (very close).
- Is Impulsive Purple warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Impulsive Purple as cool, with a Cool Blue undertone. Its Lab b* value is -22.3; 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.