Garden Cucumber
Garden Cucumber is a genuinely dark Green from Benjamin Moore. Our real-world data shows it is a primary choice when homeowners need to anchor a room without demanding the spotlight. Below, you'll find 10 examples of this shade in actual homes along with suggested color relationships.
Hex
#3E5C53
LRV
9.60
Garden Cucumber in Real Rooms
Garden Cucumber has a low LRV of 9.6 — it absorbs light and reads as a genuinely dark, enveloping color. It's neutral in temperature, making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Green family, the photos below show it applied in a bedroom, kitchen cabinets, house, bathroom and misc.
1 Bedroom Photo
There's a rhythmic quality to Garden Cucumber in a bedroom. It's a color that supports the circadian rhythm, mirroring the natural shadows of the evening and providing a neutral, non-stimulating canvas for the brain to decompress after a long day of digital exposure.
Bedroom accent wall in Garden Cucumber adds calm sophistication.
@hali.stevenson
2 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
On kitchen cabinets, Garden Cucumber adds a considered, intentional feel without demanding attention. It holds its own against both warm wood countertops and cool quartz, making it a flexible choice for the hardest-working room in the house.
Kitchen cabinets painted in Garden Cucumber offer fresh appeal.
@yourhomerevamp
Cabinet doors in Garden Cucumber provide a natural aesthetic.
@kitchendepotny
5 House Photos
Exterior paint earns its keep over years, not months — it needs to handle bleaching summers, wet winters, and the slow shifts of a neighborhood's context. Garden Cucumber has the depth and pigment quality to age gracefully through all of it.
Home exterior painted in Garden Cucumber suits modern design.
@rowlandpaint
Exterior walls in Garden Cucumber create a welcoming facade.
@rowlandpaint
House siding in Garden Cucumber pairs beautifully with landscaping.
@momento_italian
Garden Cucumber exterior paint enhances curb appeal gracefully.
@momento_italian
Home painted in soft Garden Cucumber blends with surroundings.
@momento_italian
1 Bathroom Photo
Small bathrooms amplify whatever color is on the wall, which makes the choice more consequential than it first appears. Garden Cucumber has enough depth to register without closing the room in, and it plays well with white subway tile or warm wood accents.
Bathroom walls in Garden Cucumber establish a serene retreat.
@1925ontheblvd
1 Misc Photo
See how Garden Cucumber is used in narrow hallways to create a "gallery" feel. The color provides a steady, rhythmic background that allows a series of framed photos or art pieces to feel like a cohesive, professional installation.
Wall treatment in Garden Cucumber offers understated elegance.
@pk__studio
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 71 vs 10, November Rain is decisively the brighter choice.
Sabre Gray reflects far more light (LRV 38 vs 10), opening up a space where Garden Cucumber encloses it.
Oystershell reflects far more light (LRV 68 vs 10), opening up a space where Garden Cucumber encloses it.
Summerdale Gold reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 10), opening up a space where Garden Cucumber encloses it.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 11 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 9), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 12 and 10, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 72 vs 10, Raindrops on Roses is decisively the brighter choice.
Aplomb reads slightly lighter (LRV 21 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Garden Cucumber reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 5), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 11 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 10 vs 10), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (10 vs 6) makes Garden Cucumber the marginally brighter of the two.
Garden Cucumber reads slightly lighter (LRV 10 vs 6), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Lighter Colors
Verdigris reads slightly lighter (LRV 17 vs 10), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Palm Trees reflects far more light (LRV 22 vs 10), opening up a space where Garden Cucumber encloses it.