Seafoam Green (BM 2039-60) vs Surf Green (SW 6473)

Living room with walls painted Benjamin Moore Seafoam Green 2039-60 (simulated) — Seafoam Green BM 2039-60#B8EEE0, LRV 74.6 Verified 2026-10-02

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Surf Green SW 6473 (simulated) — Surf Green SW 6473#5F887D, LRV 21

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Seafoam Green, LRV 74.6 vs 21.
Warmer: About the same, both teal (Lab b* 1.2 vs 1.4).
North rooms: Seafoam Green keeps more brightness (L* 86.1 vs 49.4 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Spring Mint BM 2040-70, #D9EDE7, LRV 80.1: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 27.8, clearly different. At 27.8, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Seafoam GreenBenjamin Moore, BM 2039-60LRV 74.6, #B8EEE0

Surf GreenSherwin-Williams, SW 6473LRV 21, #5F887D

Seafoam Green (BM 2039-60) is much lighter than Surf Green (SW 6473) and about as warm: LRV 74.6 vs 21, deltaE 27.8 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Seafoam Green	Surf Green	Gap
Brand	Benjamin Moore	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	2039-60	SW 6473
Hex	#B8EEE0	#5F887D
RGB	184, 238, 224	95, 136, 125
HSL	164°, 61%, 83%	164°, 18%, 45%
LRV (light reflectance value)	74.6	21	+53.6
Lab L*	90.2	53.5	+36.7
Lab a*	-19.9	-16.7	−3.3
Lab b*	1.2	1.4	−0.2
Undertone	Cool Green	Cool Green
Temperature	neutral	neutral
Color family	Green	Green

Same paint, two kinds of light

Seafoam Green (BM 2039-60), published as #B8EEE0

North light (cool, indirect)
#A4E3DE

South light (warm, direct)
#CCF9E0

Surf Green (SW 6473), published as #5F887D

North light (cool, indirect)
#4C7E7B

South light (warm, direct)
#71927D

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 Seafoam Green (BM 2039-60) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 53.6 LRV points lighter (74.6 vs 21), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Seafoam Green in other brands

Closest matches to Surf Green in other brands

Common questions

Is Seafoam Green the same color as Surf Green?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 27.8. Seafoam Green and Surf Green are different colors.
Which is lighter, Seafoam Green or Surf Green?: Seafoam Green, with an LRV of 74.6 against 21.

Full pages

By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

Sources: Seafoam Green: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02); Surf Green: 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.