Jade (Behr HDC-AC-05L) vs Green Onyx (SW 9128)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Green Onyx, LRV 31 vs 12.3.
- Warmer
- Green Onyx (Lab b* 12.4 vs -7.9). Jade reads teal; Green Onyx reads green.
- North rooms
- Green Onyx keeps more brightness (L* 58.8 vs 37.7 in north light); Jade drifts less gray (chroma drop 0.0 vs 4.3).
- Trim that works
- Icelandic Behr 590A-1, #DAE4EC, LRV 76.4 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 26.8, clearly different. At 26.8, treat them as different colors.
See each color
Jade (Behr HDC-AC-05L) is much darker than Green Onyx (SW 9128) and much cooler: LRV 12.3 vs 31, deltaE 26.8 (clearly different).
Side by side
| Measure | Jade | Green Onyx | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Behr | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | HDC-AC-05L | SW 9128 | |
| Hex | #45686F | #989A82 | |
| RGB | 69, 104, 111 | 152, 154, 130 | |
| HSL | 190°, 23%, 35% | 65°, 11%, 56% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 12.3 (est.) | 31 | −18.7 |
| Lab L* | 41.7 | 62.8 | −21.1 |
| Lab a* | -10.6 | -5.0 | −5.5 |
| Lab b* | -7.9 | 12.4 | −20.3 |
| Undertone | Cool | Warm Yellow | |
| Temperature | cool | warm | |
| Color family | Blue | Green |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Jade (Behr HDC-AC-05L), published as #45686F
#305F6D
#58716F
Green Onyx (SW 9128), published as #989A82
#889081
#A8A482
These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works
Which should you pick
Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.
- Pick Green Onyx (SW 9128) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 18.7 LRV points lighter (31 vs 12.3), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Jade (Behr HDC-AC-05L) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is -7.9 against 12.4, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Green Onyx (SW 9128) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 12.4), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Jade in other brands
Closest matches to Green Onyx in other brands
Common questions
- Is Jade the same color as Green Onyx?
- They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 26.8. Jade and Green Onyx are different colors.
- Which is lighter, Jade or Green Onyx?
- Green Onyx, with an LRV of 31 against 12.3.
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Sources: Jade: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value; Green Onyx: 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.