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MAGNOLIA HOME · JG-024

Magnolia Home May Garden#9CA690 · LRV 33

Why this color. Sage-green follow-up to JG Sage; Magnolia trend-color pick.

May Garden reads as a green / cool — mid-tone — versatile but shifts visibly with light. The notes below cover the spec, what Magnolia Home JG-024 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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MAGNOLIA HOME MAY GARDEN
RGB 156, 166, 144 LRV 33

Color spec

Brand Magnolia Home
Name May Garden
SKU JG-024
Hex #9CA690
RGB 156, 166, 144
HSL 87°, 11%, 61%
LRV 33
Undertone green / cool
Family Gray

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Big Fish
SKU 0435 · #99A38E · LRV 35
ΔE 0.95 (imperceptible)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all gray from that brand.

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.6
All gray at Behr →
720D-4
#9EA892
Ashwood
ΔE 0.6 · LRV 37
PPU11-07
#9FA688
Clary Sage
ΔE 2.93 · LRV 36
PPU11-7
#9FA688
Clary Sage
ΔE 2.93 · LRV 36
PPU11-05
#98A98C
Pesto Green
ΔE 3.43 · LRV 37
PPU11-5
#98A98C
Pesto Green
ΔE 3.43 · LRV 37

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.99
All gray at PPG / Glidden →
1030-4
#9CA389
Edamame
ΔE 1.99 · LRV 35
11-23
#9CA389
Edamame
ΔE 1.99 · LRV 35
1126-5
#9DA286
Zebra Grass
ΔE 3.03 · LRV 35
1031-3
#A6A897
Wandering Willow
ΔE 4.22 · LRV 38
1028-4
#A1A18F
Smoky Slate
ΔE 4.78 · LRV 35
SW 6192
#9FA694
Coastal Plain
ΔE 2 · LRV 37
SW 6213
#9BAAA2
Halcyon Green
ΔE 6 · LRV 38
SW 7728
#A29F80
Green Sprout
ΔE 6.29 · LRV 34
SW 6199
#A6A69B
Rare Gray
ΔE 6.65 · LRV 38
SW 2821
#A6A397
Downing Stone
ΔE 7.58 · LRV 37

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.13
All gray at Valspar →
T617
#95A088
Bushel
ΔE 2.13 · LRV 33.4
8003-34E
#9FAA9E
Blue Fescue
ΔE 4.15 · LRV 38
8004-28D
#A1A292
Sprig of Sage
ΔE 4.71 · LRV 36
8003-35D
#8DA898
Phoenix Tears
ΔE 6.22 · LRV 36
8004-26D
#A6A290
Green Turquoise
ΔE 6.67 · LRV 36

Benjamin Moore

3,919 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.2
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
460
#98A594
Herb
ΔE 2.2 · LRV 36
445
#94A68D
Greenwich
ΔE 3.13 · LRV 35
698
#91A494
Grenadier
ΔE 4.09 · LRV 35
CSP-760
#A0A295
Oil
ΔE 5.18 · LRV 35
509
#A4A288
Cypress
ΔE 5.25 · LRV 36

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.37
All gray at Dunn-Edwards →
DEC777
#9DA28E
Meadowood
ΔE 2.37 · LRV 35
DEC781
#959E8F
Sycamore Stand
ΔE 3.5 · LRV 33
DE6291
#9DA7A0
Casting Shadow
ΔE 6.2 · LRV 37
DE6298
#96A69F
Agate Green
ΔE 6.4 · LRV 36
DE6235
#AAA388
Northgate Green
ΔE 7.52 · LRV 37

Farrow & Ball

132 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.55
All gray at Farrow & Ball →

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 5.72
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-MD-58
#8EA992
OMGreen
ΔE 5.72 · LRV 36
PNT100-MD-64
#9FA47B
Extra Virgin
ΔE 6.29 · LRV 35
PNT100-DP-78
#99AAA4
Mellow Mood
ΔE 7.04 · LRV 38
PNT100-MD-43
#9AB0AB
Make Waves
ΔE 8.44 · LRV 41
PNT100-LT-15
#9CA2A7
Set In Stone
ΔE 13.31 · LRV 36

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #9CA690 in HSL space. Pair May Garden with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#9CA690 + #9A90A6
TRIADIC
#9CA690 · #909CA6 · #A6909C
ANALOGOUS
#A6A590 · #9CA690 · #91A690

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
2.54:1 fail
Sample text on black
8.27:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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