Behr Garden Swing M410-4

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Code:M410-4
Name:Garden Swing
Brand:Behr

What color is Behr Garden Swing?

Behr Garden Swing M410-4 is a medium-light green with a softened, slightly cool cast and a gentle gray-muted quality. Its balanced saturation keeps it from reading too bright, making it a practical option for larger wall areas in bedrooms, bathrooms, or airy living spaces. In daylight, Garden Swing shows its fresh leafy green character, while lower or warmer lighting can make it appear a little softer and more subdued. Pair it with warm white trim, pale oak, woven natural fibers, and brushed brass for contrast, or use charcoal and deep navy accents to give it more definition. It also has enough color presence for painted cabinetry or a covered exterior door.

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What are Behr Garden Swing undertones?

Garden Swing is a mid-light, soft sage green. The HEX sample leans green; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm light can make it look more olive and earthy, while cool daylight usually makes the green direction easier to notice.

HEX value:

#8CBD97

RGB code:

140, 189, 151

Is Behr Garden Swing cool or warm?

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With a hue of 133°, this Green reads cool based on its HSL hue position.

M410-4 Garden Swing HSL code: 133, 27%, 65%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Garden Swing

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlightVisible temp.HueDuration
NorthCoolBluishAll day
EastWarmYellowBefore noon
WestWarmOrange-redAfter noon
SouthWarmOrange-yellowAll day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Green shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Garden Swing:

Monochromatic color scheme

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

Darker shades

Complementary color scheme

Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Garden Swing with a yellow hue, complementary colors are those with a purple hue close to 313, such as Behr Plum Royale and Vintner.

LRV of Garden Swing

Garden Swing has an LRV of 40.32% and refers to Light Medium colors that reflect half of the incident lightWhy LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 40.32%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft2 living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

FormatCode
HEX#8cbd97
RGB Decimal140, 189, 151
RGB Percent54.90%, 74.12%, 59.22%
HSVHue: 133° Saturation: 25.93% Value: 74.12%
HSLhsl(133, 27, 65)
CMYKCyan: 25.93 Magenta: 0.0 Yellow: 20.11 Key: 25.88
YIQY: 170.017 I: -16.988 Q: -22.191
XYZX: 34.597 Y: 44.204 Z: 35.979
CIE LabL:72.365 a:-23.881 b:14.083
CIE LuvL:72.365 u:-24.513 v:23.994
Decimal9223575
Hunter Lab66.486, -23.466, 14.455

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