Soft Mint (BM 2041-60)
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Soft Mint (BM 2041-60) is a light, neutral green from Benjamin Moore: LRV 73.9, so it reflects about 74 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Soft Mint
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Soft Mint by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Soft Mint, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Tame Teal | SW 6757 | 73 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Cool Jazz | 490A-2 | 73.5 | 0.9 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Sprinkle | 5008-9A | 78 | 1.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Serendipity | 1230-2 | 70 | 1.6 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore green colors nearest to Soft Mint (LRV 73.9) by LRV.
Lighter than Soft Mint
Darker than Soft Mint
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 2041-60 |
| Hex | #C2E8E0 |
| RGB | 194, 232, 224 |
| HSL | 167°, 45%, 84% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 73.9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 89.2, -13.9, -0.2 |
| Undertone | Cool Green |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Soft Mint (BM 2041-60), published as #C2E8E0
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Soft Mint (BM 2041-60)?
- Soft Mint has an LRV of 73.9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Soft Mint is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Soft Mint in another brand?
- Tame Teal (SW 6757) from Sherwin-Williams, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Soft Mint warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Soft Mint as neutral, with a Cool Green undertone. Its Lab b* value is -0.2; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.