Dancing Green
SW 6716 · #C5CD8F · LRV 58 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Evergreen Fog30
- 2Clary Sage41
- 3Dancing Green58
- 4Hancock Green66
- 5Alabaster82
What Color Is Dancing Green, Really?
Dancing Green reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Sherwin-Williams SW 6716 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Dancing Green
Dancing Green 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 Dancing Green
At LRV 58, Dancing Green is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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 Dancing Green 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 6716 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 | Outback390F-4 · Behr | 1.6 | 60 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Green HydrangeaCSP-850 · Benjamin Moore | 3.5 | 56 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Mild Evergreen6003-5C · Valspar | 1.8 | 59.7 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Soothing Green Tea70YY 55/299 · Glidden | 4.2 | 55 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Cabbage Green226-3DB · Dutch Boy | 2.0 | 54 | Color page → |
| HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams | Fields GreensHGSW 1245 · HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams | 4.4 | 61 | Color page → |
Similar Sherwin-Williams Colors
The nearest shades to Dancing Green 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 #C5CD8F in HSL space. Pair Dancing Green with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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