Cucumber
SW 6722 · #D3DFC3 · LRV 71 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Cucumber, Really?
Cucumber reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 6722 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Cucumber
Cucumber 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 Cucumber
At LRV 71, Cucumber 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 Cucumber 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 Sherwin-Williams SW 6722 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behr | Mountain Haze400E-3 · Behr | 1.1 | 70 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Garland Green429 · Benjamin Moore | 1.3 | 69 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Spring JoyV061-1 · Valspar | 1.4 | 71.5 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Lime FlipPPG1223-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.4 | 72 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Green Magic10GY 69/151 · Glidden | 1.5 | 69 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Spring Green Leaf326-2DB · Dutch Boy | 1.8 | 70 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Cucumber within Sherwin-Williams'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 #D3DFC3 in HSL space. Pair Cucumber with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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