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Benjamin Moore Herb Bouquet 460: hex #97A493, LRV and undertone

Herb Bouquet (460) from Benjamin Moore is hex #97A493 with an LRV of 35.37. It measures as a cool-leaning neutral with a green undertone, and black text on it reaches 8.04:1.

By Paul Gunder. Every value is computed from published standards; see how ColorPlum works.

Updated November 11, 2026

Benjamin MooreHerb Bouquet460

Hex: #97A493
RGB: 151, 164, 147
LRV: 35.37
Undertone: Cool-leaning neutral, green undertone

LRV 35.37. Dark: a deep color that absorbs most light; often used on cabinets, doors and accent walls.

A neutral with a green cast (OKLCH hue 138°, chroma 0.028). Expect the green to show more in warm evening light and next to cooler whites.

Coordinating colors Benjamin Moore suggests

Ballet WhiteOC-9
Bear Creek1470
Morning DewOC-140
Blue Note2129-30

Closest colors from other brands

ΔE is the CIEDE2000 difference between the published values: under 2 is hard to tell apart on a wall, 2 to 5 is a visible but related shade. Always compare real chips before you buy.

Name, code, LRV and color value as published by Benjamin Moore on its color page (checked 2026-11-11). A screen can only approximate paint: sheen, lighting and the screen itself all change it, so check a physical sample. ColorPlum is not affiliated with Benjamin Moore.

ColorPlum swatchHerb Bouquetlight, soft green

HEX: #97A493
RGB: rgb(151, 164, 147)
HSL: hsl(106, 9%, 61%)

Best text on it: black at 8.04:1

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Every code for Herb Bouquet

HEX#97A493
RGBrgb(151, 164, 147)
HSLhsl(106, 9%, 61%)
HSV106°, 10%, 64%
CMYK8%, 0%, 10%, 36%
Lablab(66% -7.2 7.2)
OKLCHoklch(70.3% 0.028 138.3)
Decimal9938067

Tints, shades and tones

From white to black in 10% steps, with Herb Bouquet in the middle. Tap a code to copy it.

90%#F5F6F4
80%#EAEDE9
70%#E0E4DF
60%#D5DBD4
50%#CBD2C9
40%#C1C8BE
30%#B6BFB3
20%#ACB6A9
10%#A1AD9E
Base#97A493
10%#889484
20%#798376
30%#6A7367
40%#5B6258
50%#4C524A
60%#3C423B
70%#2D312C
80%#1E211D
90%#0F100F

Tones (mixed with gray)

10%#95A091
20%#929D8F
30%#90998D
40%#8E968B
50%#8C928A
60%#898E88
70%#878B86
80%#858784
90%#828482

Matching colors

Complementary

#97A493
#A093A4

Analogous

#A0A493
#97A493
#93A498

Triadic

#97A493
#9397A4
#A49397

Split complementary

#97A493
#9893A4
#A493A0

Tetradic (square)

#97A493
#93A0A4
#A093A4
#A49893

Monochromatic

#4B5648
#707F6B
#97A493
#BFC7BD
#E7EAE6

Herb Bouquet in 3D color space

OKLab, the space ColorPlum does its math in: lightness runs up the pole, hue goes around it and saturation grows outward. The faint shell is every color a screen can show (saturation is drawn wider than lightness so hues separate). Drag to turn it.

Herb Bouquet with its complement, its triad and its tint and shade

Herb Bouquet
Triad #9397A4
Triad #A49397
Complement
50% tint
50% shade

Herb Bouquet in use

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Card body text stays dark for reading; herb bouquet carries the header and the button.

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Headline in Herb Bouquet

A paragraph with a link in dark text, because this color is too light for text on white; use it for fills instead.

How it looks with color-vision deficiency

A simulation (Machado and colleagues, 2009) of how the color and its complement read without one type of cone.

Typical color vision#97A493
Protanopia (no red cones)#A5A192
Deuteranopia (no green cones)#A3A094
Tritanopia (no blue cones)#97A39F

Contrast and readability

Pairing	Ratio	WCAG 2.2
as text on white	2.60:1	AA AA large AAA
as text on black	8.04:1	AA AA large AAA
white text on it	2.60:1	AA AA large AAA
black text on it	8.04:1	AA AA large AAA
on your background	2.27:1	AA AA large AAA

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Export

:root {
  --herb-bouquet: #97a493;
  --herb-bouquet-rgb: 151 164 147;
  --herb-bouquet-on: #000000;
}

On this page

Herb Bouquet is numbered 460 at Benjamin Moore. The hex is #97A493, the RGB is 151, 164, 147, and the LRV is 35.37. This is a soft, gray-leaning green, and the LRV means it takes in somewhat more light than it gives back.

Numbers behind the green

In HSL it is hsl(106, 9%, 61%), and in OKLCH it is oklch(70.3% 0.028 138). The hue angle of 138 degrees sits squarely in the green range, and chroma 0.028 is low enough that the result is a muted sage instead of a bright leaf. Lab is lab(66% -7.2 7.2), with equal strength in green and yellow. In CMYK it is 8%, 0%, 10%, 36%. The color measures as cool-leaning, so warm lamps will shift it toward olive.

Listed coordinating colors

Benjamin Moore lists Ballet White (OC-9), Bear Creek (1470), Morning Dew (OC-140) and Blue Note (2129-30). No page exists for any of the four, so they stay as plain names with their codes. The set mixes pale neutrals with a bluer partner, and Blue Note is the one that would pull the green toward a cooler palette.

Worked example

Suppose you are repainting a laundry room with a white tub sink, open shelves and a small north window. With limited daylight, Herb Bouquet at LRV 35.37 will look fairly deep on the shelf wall and lighter by the door. A check with a sample board taped at eye level will show you how much gray appears in the green. For a printed tag or web chip, black text on #97A493 gives 8.04:1 and white text 2.60:1, so use black.

Gray-greens like this one usually work best when the room has some warm element to balance them, such as a rug, a wooden table or brass hardware. On their own they can feel cool and quiet. Sample boards let you move the color around the room, which is the quickest way to see whether the green reads as sage, as gray, or as something more olive.

Similar colors

Within the brand, Platinum Gray (HC-179) is ΔE 7.8, Fieldstone (1558) is 7.9 and October Mist (1495) is 8.1. All are clearly different.

Among other brands, Sherwin-Williams Jasper Stone (SW 9133) is 4.9, the closest, so it is related but visible. Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) is 6.2, Behr Rainy Afternoon (N430-4) is 6.4 and Clary Sage (SW 6178) is 6.6. Since nothing is under 4.9, you should not swap brands for this tone without comparing real samples. You can check a hex pair yourself in the color converter.