Cool Jazz
490A-2 · #C0FFDF · LRV 88 — cool green tone, very light — near-white, broadens small spaces.
- 1Morning Zen60
- 2Alabaster82
- 3Cool Jazz88
- 4June Vision93
What Color Is Cool Jazz, Really?
Cool Jazz reads as a cool green tone — very light — near-white, broadens small spaces. The notes below cover how Behr 490A-2 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cool Jazz
Cool Jazz shines on ceilings, trim and in small or low-light rooms where you need to stretch the light — and as a calm whole-home backdrop. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Cool Jazz
Cool Jazz is very light — LRV 88, close to white. It opens up small or dim rooms and keeps walls feeling airy. Its green 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. In north light it can read slightly cooler; a warm white trim alongside keeps it from going clinical.
Most complaints about Cool Jazz 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.
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Cool Jazz 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 #C0FFDF in HSL space. Pair Cool Jazz with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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