Melancholoy Mint
HGSW 2256 · #C5D1B2 · LRV 60 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Melancholoy Mint60
- 4Hancock Green66
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Melancholoy Mint, Really?
Melancholoy Mint reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams HGSW 2256 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Melancholoy Mint
Melancholoy Mint 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 Melancholoy Mint
At LRV 60, Melancholoy Mint 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 Melancholoy Mint 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 2256 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 | 0.0 | 60 | Color page → |
| Behr | Meadow GlenECC-12-2 · Behr | 2.6 | 62 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Budding GreenCSP-790 · Benjamin Moore | 2.4 | 61 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Apple Blossom Green8003-31C · Valspar | 2.6 | 60 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Pickling SpicePPG1122-3 · PPG / Glidden | 3.5 | 62 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Pistachio PuddingPPG1120-4 · Glidden | 2.6 | 62 | Color page → |
Similar HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Melancholoy Mint 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 #C5D1B2 in HSL space. Pair Melancholoy Mint with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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