Celery Sprig
PPG1224-6 · #9FD587 · LRV 57 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Celery Sprig57
- 4Hancock Green66
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Celery Sprig, Really?
Celery Sprig reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how PPG / Glidden PPG1224-6 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Celery Sprig
Celery Sprig 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 Celery Sprig
At LRV 57, Celery Sprig 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 Celery Sprig 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 PPG / Glidden PPG1224-6 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 | Witty GreenSW 6929 · Sherwin-Williams | 4.2 | 62 | Color page → |
| Behr | Young GreenP390-4 · Behr | 4.5 | 56 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Leprechaun Green557 · Benjamin Moore | 1.6 | 59 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Greenscape6005-10A · Valspar | 3.3 | 54.8 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Celery SprigPPG1224-6 · Glidden | 0.4 | 57 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Sweetened Green127-4DB · Dutch Boy | 2.2 | 52 | Color page → |
Similar PPG / Glidden Colors
The nearest shades to Celery Sprig within PPG / Glidden'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 #9FD587 in HSL space. Pair Celery Sprig with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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