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Tropical Color Palette — Cedar Lagoon

A vivid five-color tropical scheme pairing turquoise lagoon and jungle green with mango and hibiscus, grounded by warm cedar — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Maya Patel · Reviews Editor & Product Tester

Tropical palettes usually go wrong by trying to use every loud color at full volume. This one fixes that with a clear hierarchy. Lagoon Turquoise leads as the dominant, Jungle Green backs it up, and a grounded Cedar Warm keeps the whole thing from floating away into pure vacation kitsch.

The two warm players, Mango Glow and Cedar Warm, are what make this feel current rather than retro. They bridge the cool turquoise and the hot pink so nothing clashes, and they nod to the earthy, clay-forward look that is everywhere in 2026.

Save Hibiscus Pink for the smallest moments — a single piece of furniture, a door, a pillow. In tiny doses it is the spark that tells you the rest of the palette is intentional. Push the turquoise and green wide, keep the cedar and mango steady, and let the pink do its one loud job.

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Lagoon Turquoise
Dominant
PPG / Glidden Grecian Isle · PPG1232-6
#00A59C
LRV 29
Jungle Green
Secondary
Valspar Deep Mint · 6001-8C
#2D6E4B
LRV 12
Cedar Warm
Base
Benjamin Moore Masada · AF-220
#A3673E
LRV 19
Mango Glow
Support
Behr Apple Crisp · 290D-5
#E4913F
LRV 37
Hibiscus Pink
Accent
Dunn-Edwards Pink Punch · DE5048
#D04A70
LRV 18

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Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Tap a swatch for its full guide or + to save it — take any SKU to the store, they mix on demand.

Lagoon Turquoise
#1FA8A0 · LRV 31 · Dominant
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6946 · ΔE 3.55
Behr · M470-6 · ΔE 2.3
Benjamin Moore · 664 · ΔE 1.38
Valspar · 5007-10B · ΔE 2.23
PPG / Glidden · PPG1232-6 · ΔE 1.3
Glidden · PPG1232-6 · ΔE 1.55
Dutch Boy · 133-6DB · ΔE 6.36
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1323 · ΔE 5.53
Dunn-Edwards · DE5732 · ΔE 1.68
Magnolia Home · JG-02 · ΔE 15.97
Farrow & Ball · NO. CB7 · ΔE 12.07
Diamond Vogel · 0682 · ΔE 3.21
Hirshfield's · 0682 · ΔE 4.43
Rodda · R058 · ΔE 17.29
C2 Paint · C2-730 · ΔE 9.83
Clare · PNT100-MD-75 · ΔE 7.64
Portola Paints · BLUE HERON · ΔE 18.21
Annie Sloan · PROVENCE · ΔE 10.35
Backdrop · BD-PW · ΔE 19.45
Rust-Oleum · 371675 · ΔE 14.84
Kompozit · 0682 · ΔE 4.43
Jungle Green
#2C6E49 · LRV 12 · Secondary
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6755 · ΔE 4.27
Behr · M420-7 · ΔE 2.99
Benjamin Moore · 2036-10 · ΔE 1.28
Valspar · 6001-8C · ΔE 0.6
PPG / Glidden · PPG1132-7 · ΔE 3.16
Glidden · PPG1139-6 · ΔE 4.65
Dutch Boy · 228-6DB · ΔE 3.53
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1291 · ΔE 3.67
Dunn-Edwards · DEFD36 · ΔE 2.66
Magnolia Home · JG-71 · ΔE 7.19
Farrow & Ball · NO. 9817 · ΔE 7.11
Diamond Vogel · 0718 · ΔE 3.67
Hirshfield's · 0718 · ΔE 3.05
Rodda · R060 · ΔE 13.32
C2 Paint · C2-661 · ΔE 11.78
Clare · PNT100-DP-51 · ΔE 15.82
Portola Paints · WONDERLAND · ΔE 16.26
Annie Sloan · OLIVE · ΔE 19.75
Backdrop · BD-NE · ΔE 15.02
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 11.91
Kompozit · 0718 · ΔE 3.05
Cedar Warm
#A4633A · LRV 17 · Base
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6356 · ΔE 1.78
Behr · 260D-7 · ΔE 1.59
Benjamin Moore · AF-220 · ΔE 1.58
Valspar · M124 · ΔE 2.72
PPG / Glidden · PPG1199-7 · ΔE 3.68
Glidden · PPG1199-7 · ΔE 3.68
Dutch Boy · 311-7DB · ΔE 1.78
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2101 · ΔE 1.78
Dunn-Edwards · DE5265 · ΔE 3.91
Magnolia Home · JG-36 · ΔE 6.4
Farrow & Ball · NO. 316 · ΔE 4.28
Diamond Vogel · 1012 · ΔE 2.86
Hirshfield's · 1012 · ΔE 1.96
Rodda · CA224 · ΔE 7.73
C2 Paint · C2-584 · ΔE 8.16
Clare · PNT100-DP-30 · ΔE 13.85
Portola Paints · ZION · ΔE 7.74
Annie Sloan · COCO · ΔE 15.9
Backdrop · BD-BA · ΔE 11.01
Rust-Oleum · 329211 · ΔE 17.3
Kompozit · 1012 · ΔE 1.96
Mango Glow
#E8943B · LRV 39 · Support
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6891 · ΔE 3.05
Behr · 290D-5 · ΔE 1.45
Benjamin Moore · ES-40 · ΔE 2.09
Valspar · V013-3 · ΔE 1.45
PPG / Glidden · PPG17-22 · ΔE 2.56
Glidden · PPG17-22 · ΔE 2.89
Dutch Boy · 110-6DB · ΔE 2.86
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1161 · ΔE 4.27
Dunn-Edwards · DE5236 · ΔE 2.13
Magnolia Home · JG-40 · ΔE 12
Farrow & Ball · NO. W76 · ΔE 4.14
Diamond Vogel · 0983 · ΔE 4.27
Hirshfield's · 0983 · ΔE 3.13
Rodda · CA120 · ΔE 10.96
C2 Paint · C2-574 · ΔE 6.26
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 11.79
Portola Paints · PIXIE · ΔE 11.63
Annie Sloan · ARLES · ΔE 6.29
Backdrop · BD-RO · ΔE 20.5
Rust-Oleum · 398640 · ΔE 8.43
Kompozit · 0983 · ΔE 3.13
Hibiscus Pink
#D24A6E · LRV 20 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6860 · ΔE 2.46
Behr · M160-6 · ΔE 1.1
Benjamin Moore · 2086-30 · ΔE 1.97
Valspar · 8001-6F · ΔE 4.66
PPG / Glidden · PPG1184-7 · ΔE 2.68
Glidden · PPG1184-7 · ΔE 2.62
Dutch Boy · 103-6DB · ΔE 5.97
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1053 · ΔE 8.8
Dunn-Edwards · DE5048 · ΔE 0.86
Magnolia Home · JG-25 · ΔE 10.63
Farrow & Ball · NO. W92 · ΔE 4.32
Diamond Vogel · 1100 · ΔE 7.67
Hirshfield's · 1100 · ΔE 7.36
Rodda · CA224 · ΔE 17.62
C2 Paint · BD58 · ΔE 6.73
Clare · PNT100-DP-29 · ΔE 11.66
Portola Paints · MESA · ΔE 20.9
Annie Sloan · CAPRI PINK · ΔE 7.83
Backdrop · BD-BH · ΔE 16.39
Rust-Oleum · 329211 · ΔE 16.3
Kompozit · 1100 · ΔE 7.36

Questions

Why do these tropical colors work together?

They share the same high-energy, sun-soaked mood, so even though they are bright they read as one family. The cedar base does the heavy lifting, giving your eye a warm resting spot between the louder shades.

How do I keep a palette this bold from feeling busy?

Let the turquoise lead and treat hibiscus as a tiny spark, roughly a one-fifth dose. Use cedar and mango as the connective tissue so the green and pink never fight for attention.

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