Dancing Green (SW 6716)
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Dancing Green (SW 6716) is a medium, warm green from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 58, so it reflects about 58 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Dancing Green
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Dancing Green 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 Dancing Green, 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 | Shades of Spring | 537 | 51.2 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Corn Husk Green | 400D-4 | 59 | 2.9 | noticeably different |
| Valspar | Mild Evergreen | 6003-5C | 62 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| PPG Paints | Jitterbug | 1118-4 | 50 | 3.5 | noticeably different |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams green colors nearest to Dancing Green (LRV 58) by LRV.
Lighter than Dancing Green
Darker than Dancing Green
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6716 |
| Hex | #C5CD8F |
| RGB | 197, 205, 143 |
| HSL | 68°, 38%, 68% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 58 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 80.5, -12.7, 30.0 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Dancing Green (SW 6716), published as #C5CD8F
#B5C38E
#D6D78E
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Dancing Green (SW 6716)?
- Dancing Green has an LRV of 58. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Dancing Green is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Dancing Green in another brand?
- Shades of Spring (BM 537) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 2.4 (noticeably different).
- Is Dancing Green warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Dancing Green as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 30.0; 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.