Liveable Green
HGSW 3247 · #CECEBD · LRV 61 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Mindful Gray48
- 2Revere Pewter55
- 3Liveable Green61
- 4Pale Oak69
- 5Shoji White74
What Color Is Liveable Green, Really?
Liveable Green reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 3247 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Liveable Green
Liveable 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.
How Lighting Changes Liveable Green
At LRV 61, Liveable Green 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 Liveable 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 3247 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 | Liveable GreenSW 6176 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.0 | 61 | Color page → |
| Behr | Sliced CucumberPPU10-11 · Behr | 1.5 | 61 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Dusty MillerCSP-755 · Benjamin Moore | 1.2 | 59 | Color page → |
| Valspar | UpstateT659 · Valspar | 1.7 | 62.2 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Metallic MistPPG1032-1 · PPG / Glidden | 1.9 | 59 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Metallic MistPPG1032-1 · Glidden | 1.4 | 60 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Liveable 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 #CECEBD in HSL space. Pair Liveable Green with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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