Pleasant Grove (BM 552)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Pleasant Grove (BM 552) is a deep, warm green from Benjamin Moore: LRV 31.4, so it reflects about 31 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Pleasant Grove
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Pleasant Grove 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 Pleasant Grove, 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 | Organic Green | SW 6732 | 35 | 4.3 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Caterpillar | 430B-6 | 30.2 | 2.9 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Putting Green | 6004-8B | 33 | 1.6 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Grassy Meadow | 1223-6 | 32 | 1.0 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore green colors nearest to Pleasant Grove (LRV 31.4) by LRV.
Lighter than Pleasant Grove
Darker than Pleasant Grove
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 552 |
| Hex | #72A556 |
| RGB | 114, 165, 86 |
| HSL | 99°, 31%, 49% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 31.4 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 62.6, -31.6, 35.5 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Pleasant Grove (BM 552), published as #72A556
#629B56
#82AF54
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from Benjamin Moore
More from Benjamin Moore
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Pleasant Grove (BM 552)?
- Pleasant Grove has an LRV of 31.4. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Pleasant Grove is a deep color.
- What is the closest match to Pleasant Grove in another brand?
- Grassy Meadow (PPG 1223-6) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 1.0 (very close).
- Is Pleasant Grove warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Pleasant Grove as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 35.5; 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.