Clean Lines
JG-56 · #BEC3B2 · LRV 53 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Clean Lines53
- 4Morning Zen60
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Clean Lines, Really?
Clean Lines reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Magnolia Home JG-56 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Clean Lines
Clean Lines 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 Clean Lines
At LRV 53, Clean Lines 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 Clean Lines 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 Magnolia Home JG-56 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 | ContentedSW 6191 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.0 | 52 | Color page → |
| Behr | Summer GreenPPU11-11 · Behr | 1.4 | 54 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Horizon Gray2141-50 · Benjamin Moore | 2.1 | 52 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Wedding Mint5006-3B · Valspar | 2.1 | 53.6 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | BalsamPPG1128-4 · PPG / Glidden | 1.3 | 54 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Side KickPPG1126-4 · Glidden | 1.5 | 53 | Color page → |
Similar Magnolia Home Colors
The nearest shades to Clean Lines within Magnolia Home'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 #BEC3B2 in HSL space. Pair Clean Lines with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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