Garden Sprout (Valspar 6004-9C)
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Garden Sprout (Valspar 6004-9C) is a medium, warm green from Valspar: LRV 56, so it reflects about 56 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Garden Sprout
Four Valspar colors picked for Garden Sprout by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper green, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Valspar did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Garden Sprout, 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 | Vegan | SW 6738 | 47 | 5.1 | clearly different |
| Benjamin Moore | Paradise Hills Green | 550 | 53.5 | 3.6 | noticeably different |
| Behr | Young Green | P390-4 | 56 | 1.0 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | May Apple | 1225-5 | 56 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Valspar
The Valspar green colors nearest to Garden Sprout (LRV 56) by LRV.
Lighter than Garden Sprout
Darker than Garden Sprout
Color data
| Brand | Valspar |
|---|---|
| Color code | 6004-9C |
| Hex | #96D49D |
| RGB | 150, 212, 157 |
| HSL | 127°, 42%, 71% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 56 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 79.6, -30.7, 21.1 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Garden Sprout (Valspar 6004-9C), published as #96D49D
#84C99C
#A9DF9C
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Garden Sprout (Valspar 6004-9C)?
- Garden Sprout has an LRV of 56. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Garden Sprout is a medium color.
- What is the closest match to Garden Sprout in another brand?
- Young Green (Behr P390-4) from Behr, at a deltaE of 1.0 (indistinguishable).
- Is Garden Sprout warm or cool?
- Valspar lists Garden Sprout as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 21.1; 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.