Queen Anne's Lace (SW 6420)
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Queen Anne's Lace (SW 6420) is a very light, warm green from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 82, so it reflects about 82 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Queen Anne's Lace
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Queen Anne's Lace by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, 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 Queen Anne's Lace, 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 | Olivetint | 519 | 78.7 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Summer Jasmine | PPU9-15 | 82.4 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Hemingway | 7005-8 | 80 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Cake Batter | 1214-1 | 84 | 1.5 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams green colors nearest to Queen Anne's Lace (LRV 82) by LRV.
Darker than Queen Anne's Lace
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6420 |
| Hex | #ECEAD5 |
| RGB | 236, 234, 213 |
| HSL | 55°, 38%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 82 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 92.4, -2.9, 10.4 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Queen Anne's Lace (SW 6420), published as #ECEAD5
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Queen Anne's Lace (SW 6420)?
- Queen Anne's Lace has an LRV of 82. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Queen Anne's Lace is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Queen Anne's Lace in another brand?
- Olivetint (BM 519) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Queen Anne's Lace warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Queen Anne's Lace as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 10.4; 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.