Secret Garden (SW 6181)
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Secret Garden (SW 6181) is a very deep, warm green from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 8, so it reflects about 8 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Secret Garden
Three Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Secret Garden by this site's color math: a trim white, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Sherwin-Williams did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Secret Garden, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Windsor Green | CW-505 | 8.8 | 2.9 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Freshwater Marsh | ECC-37-3 | 8.9 | 2.9 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Amazon Silt | 6010-4 | 10 | 6.1 | clearly different |
| PPG Paints | Pinetop | 1125-7 | 10 | 2.6 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams green colors nearest to Secret Garden (LRV 8) by LRV.
Lighter than Secret Garden
Darker than Secret Garden
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6181 |
| Hex | #4F523A |
| RGB | 79, 82, 58 |
| HSL | 68°, 17%, 27% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 8 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 34.0, -5.8, 13.7 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Secret Garden (SW 6181), published as #4F523A
#414939
#5D5B39
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Secret Garden (SW 6181)?
- Secret Garden has an LRV of 8. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Secret Garden is a very deep color.
- What is the closest match to Secret Garden in another brand?
- Pinetop (PPG 1125-7) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 2.6 (noticeably different).
- Is Secret Garden warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Secret Garden as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 13.7; 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.