Pageant Green
MQ4-17 · #96D8C3 · LRV 60 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Pageant Green60
- 4Hancock Green66
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Pageant Green, Really?
Pageant Green reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr MQ4-17 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pageant Green
Pageant Green is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Greens bridge indoors and out, so they suit living rooms, kitchens and sunrooms.
How Lighting Changes Pageant Green
At LRV 60, Pageant Green is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its teal 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. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Pageant Green 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.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr MQ4-17 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Green JewelSW 6985 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.6 | 60 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Return to Paradise2038-50 · Benjamin Moore | 1.3 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Fresh Mist5008-9C · Valspar | 2.7 | 63.1 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | San Juan SpritzPPG17-29 · PPG / Glidden | 1.1 | 57 | Color page → |
| Glidden | San Juan SpritzPPG17-29 · Glidden | 1.1 | 57 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Montpelier Green130-4DB · Dutch Boy | 1.7 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Pageant Green 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 #96D8C3 in HSL space. Pair Pageant Green with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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