Spice Garden
M370-3 · #C9D6B4 · LRV 64 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Spice Garden, Really?
Spice Garden reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr M370-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Spice Garden
Spice Garden 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 Spice Garden
At LRV 64, Spice Garden is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. 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. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Spice Garden 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 M370-3 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 | Bonsai TintSW 6436 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.4 | 60 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Apple Blossom479 · Benjamin Moore | 2.1 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Jaded Lime5008-5B · Valspar | 3.0 | 63 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Pistachio PuddingPPG1120-4 · PPG / Glidden | 1.9 | 62 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Pistachio PuddingPPG1120-4 · Glidden | 1.8 | 62 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Viney Green229-2DB · Dutch Boy | 1.9 | 63 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Spice Garden 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 #C9D6B4 in HSL space. Pair Spice Garden with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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