Bleached Spruce (PPG 1223-4)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Bleached Spruce (PPG 1223-4) is a light, warm green from PPG Paints: LRV 62, so it reflects about 62 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Bleached Spruce
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Bleached Spruce by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. PPG Paints did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Bleached Spruce, 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 | Jardin | SW 6723 | 59 | 3.0 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Honeydew | 549 | 66.3 | 2.2 | very close |
| Behr | Galway | M390-3 | 67 | 2.7 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Jaded Lime | 5008-5B | 65 | 2.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints green colors nearest to Bleached Spruce (LRV 62) by LRV.
Lighter than Bleached Spruce
Darker than Bleached Spruce
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1223-4 |
| Hex | #BAD7AE |
| RGB | 186, 215, 174 |
| HSL | 102°, 34%, 76% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 62 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 83.0, -17.1, 17.1 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Bleached Spruce (PPG 1223-4), published as #BAD7AE
#A9CDAD
#CCE1AD
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Similar shades from PPG Paints
More from PPG Paints
Common questions
- What is the LRV of Bleached Spruce (PPG 1223-4)?
- Bleached Spruce has an LRV of 62. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Bleached Spruce is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Bleached Spruce in another brand?
- Honeydew (BM 549) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 2.2 (very close).
- Is Bleached Spruce warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Bleached Spruce as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 17.1; 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.