Pale Green Tea
0425 · #E2E2D2 · LRV 74 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Heirloom Shade63
- 2First Star69
- 3Pale Green Tea74
- 4Alabaster82
- 5Chantilly Lace91
What Color Is Pale Green Tea, Really?
Pale Green Tea reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Hirshfield's 0425 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Pale Green Tea
Pale Green Tea 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. As a white, it's a natural for trim, ceilings and cabinets, and a clean backdrop for art.
How Lighting Changes Pale Green Tea
At LRV 74, Pale Green Tea 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 Pale Green Tea 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 Hirshfield's 0425 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 | SageySW 6175 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.4 | 75 | Color page → |
| Behr | Crushed LimestonePPF-15 · Behr | 0.5 | 75 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Silken Pine2144-50 · Benjamin Moore | 1.4 | 74 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Pale Oak Grove5008-3A · Valspar | 1.4 | 74.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Wild WheatPPG1123-3 · PPG / Glidden | 0.5 | 74 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Cat Grass90YY 74/080 · Glidden | 1.1 | 74 | Color page → |
Similar Hirshfield's Colors
The nearest shades to Pale Green Tea within Hirshfield's'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 #E2E2D2 in HSL space. Pair Pale Green Tea with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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