Cucumber Water
HGSW 2247 · #DBDDBD · LRV 71 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Cucumber Water, Really?
Cucumber Water reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 2247 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cucumber Water
Cucumber Water 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 Cucumber Water
At LRV 71, Cucumber Water is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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 Cucumber Water 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 2247 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 | HoneydewSW 6428 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 71 | Color page → |
| Behr | Airy GreenMQ3-47 · Behr | 1.7 | 71 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Pistachio Ice CreamCSP-815 · Benjamin Moore | 1.8 | 68 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Cool CucumberV059-2 · Valspar | 1.9 | 70 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Beach GrassPPG1119-3 · PPG / Glidden | 1.5 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Beach GrassPPG1119-3 · Glidden | 1.5 | 70 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Cucumber Water 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 #DBDDBD in HSL space. Pair Cucumber Water with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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