Halcyon Green (SW 6213) vs Evergreen Fog (SW 9130)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Halcyon Green SW 6213 (simulated) — Halcyon Green SW 6213#9BAAA2, LRV 39

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Evergreen Fog SW 9130 (simulated) — Evergreen Fog SW 9130#95978A, LRV 30

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Halcyon Green, LRV 39 vs 30.
Warmer: Evergreen Fog, both green-gray (Lab b* 6.6 vs 2.3).
North rooms: Halcyon Green: keeps more brightness (L* 64.2 vs 57.9 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 0.0 vs 3.1).
Trim that works: Glimmer SW 6476, #E0E7E2, LRV 78: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 7.7, clearly different. At 7.7, treat them as different colors.

See each color

Halcyon GreenSherwin-Williams, SW 6213LRV 39, #9BAAA2

Evergreen FogSherwin-Williams, SW 9130LRV 30, #95978A

More comparisons with Evergreen Fog

Halcyon Green (SW 6213) is lighter than Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) and cooler: LRV 39 vs 30, deltaE 7.7 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Halcyon Green	Evergreen Fog	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6213	SW 9130
Hex	#9BAAA2	#95978A
RGB	155, 170, 162	149, 151, 138
HSL	148°, 8%, 64%	69°, 6%, 57%
LRV (light reflectance value)	39	30	+9
Lab L*	68.3	62.0	+6.3
Lab a*	-6.8	-3.2	−3.7
Lab b*	2.3	6.6	−4.3
Undertone	Cool Green	Gray-Green
Temperature	neutral	cool
Color family	Green	Green

Same paint, two kinds of light

Halcyon Green (SW 6213), published as #9BAAA2

North light (cool, indirect)
#8AA0A0

South light (warm, direct)
#ADB4A2

Evergreen Fog (SW 9130), published as #95978A

North light (cool, indirect)
#858D88

South light (warm, direct)
#A6A18A

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 Halcyon Green (SW 6213) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 9 LRV points lighter (39 vs 30), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Halcyon Green (SW 6213) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 2.3 against 6.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 6.6), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Halcyon Green in other brands

Closest matches to Evergreen Fog in other brands

Common questions

Is Halcyon Green the same color as Evergreen Fog?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 7.7. Halcyon Green and Evergreen Fog are different colors.
Which is lighter, Halcyon Green or Evergreen Fog?: Halcyon Green, with an LRV of 39 against 30.

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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: 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.