Tame Teal (SW 6757)
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Tame Teal (SW 6757) is a light, neutral green from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 73, so it reflects about 73 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Tame Teal
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Tame Teal 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 Tame Teal, 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 | Soft Mint | 2041-60 | 73.9 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Cool Jazz | 490A-2 | 73.5 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Mystic Sea | 5007-7A | 72 | 1.1 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Serendipity | 1230-2 | 70 | 1.4 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams green colors nearest to Tame Teal (LRV 73) by LRV.
Lighter than Tame Teal
Darker than Tame Teal
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6757 |
| Hex | #C1E6DF |
| RGB | 193, 230, 223 |
| HSL | 169°, 43%, 83% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 73 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.6, -13.4, -0.6 |
| Undertone | Cool Green |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Tame Teal (SW 6757), published as #C1E6DF
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Tame Teal (SW 6757)?
- Tame Teal has an LRV of 73. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Tame Teal is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Tame Teal in another brand?
- Soft Mint (BM 2041-60) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Tame Teal warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Tame Teal as neutral, with a Cool Green undertone. Its Lab b* value is -0.6; 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.