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.
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.
Closest matches at every US brand
9 brands · top 5 each5 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
PPG / Glidden
Sherwin-Williams
Backdrop
Valspar
Benjamin Moore
Dunn-Edwards
Farrow & Ball
Clare
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.
Accessibility (WCAG contrast)
WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.