Botany Green
HGSW 2266 · #B3CBAA · LRV 55 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Botany Green55
- 4Morning Zen60
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Botany Green, Really?
Botany Green reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 2266 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Botany Green
Botany 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 Botany Green
At LRV 55, Botany Green 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 Botany 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 HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 2266 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 | RelishSW 6443 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 55 | Color page → |
| Behr | Restful400F-4 · Behr | 2.6 | 55 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Douglas Fern563 · Benjamin Moore | 3.5 | 55 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Cucumber CrushV062-2 · Valspar | 1.8 | 56.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Quaking GrassPPG1121-4 · PPG / Glidden | 4.5 | 53 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Quaking GrassPPG1121-4 · Glidden | 4.1 | 54 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Botany Green within HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams'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 #B3CBAA in HSL space. Pair Botany Green with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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