Spring Meadow
486 · #C7CDAD · LRV 59 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Spring Meadow59
- 4Hancock Green66
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Spring Meadow, Really?
Spring Meadow reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore 486 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Spring Meadow
Spring Meadow 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 Spring Meadow
At LRV 59, Spring Meadow 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 Spring Meadow 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 Benjamin Moore 486 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 | Baize GreenSW 6429 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.5 | 59 | Color page → |
| Behr | Growing SeasonM380-3 · Behr | 1.7 | 58 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Apple Blossom Green8003-31C · Valspar | 1.2 | 60 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Canary GrassPPG1114-3 · PPG / Glidden | 4.0 | 59 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Spring Field10GY 56/184 · Glidden | 1.3 | 56 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Green Grove327-2DB · Dutch Boy | 1.2 | 60 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Spring Meadow within Benjamin Moore'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 #C7CDAD in HSL space. Pair Spring Meadow with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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