Celery Salt (BM 938)
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Celery Salt (BM 938) is a light, warm green from Benjamin Moore: LRV 74.9, so it reflects about 75 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Celery Salt
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Celery Salt 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 Celery Salt, 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 | Sprout | SW 6427 | 77 | 1.0 | very close |
| Behr | Cool Honeydew | S350-1A | 74.9 | 1.2 | very close |
| Valspar | Summer Mist | 6004-3A | 76 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Sage Splash | 1115-2 | 77 | 1.4 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore green colors nearest to Celery Salt (LRV 74.9) by LRV.
Lighter than Celery Salt
Darker than Celery Salt
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 938 |
| Hex | #E6E4CF |
| RGB | 230, 228, 207 |
| HSL | 55°, 32%, 86% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 74.9 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 90.2, -2.9, 10.5 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Celery Salt (BM 938), published as #E6E4CF
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Celery Salt (BM 938)?
- Celery Salt has an LRV of 74.9. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Celery Salt is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Celery Salt in another brand?
- Summer Mist (Valspar 6004-3A) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is Celery Salt warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Celery Salt as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 10.5; 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.