Cucumber
Cucumber is a bright and airy Green from Sherwin-Williams. Our real-world data shows it is a primary choice when homeowners need to maximize natural light while maintaining a clean, neutral backdrop. Below, you'll find 10 examples of this shade in actual homes along with suggested color relationships.
Hex
#D3DFC3
LRV
70.72
Cucumber's Color Strip
Cucumber is the first shade on this 7-color strip, the lightest in this coordinated family. Strip 151 lines up the full value range so you can see exactly where this color lands among its closest relatives.
Cucumber in Real Rooms
Cucumber has a high LRV of 70.72 — it reflects a lot of light and will read pale and airy in most spaces. It's neutral in temperature and , making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Green family, the photos below show it applied in a dining room, bathroom, bedroom, home office, front door, mudroom, living room, house, patio and kitchen.
1 Dining Room Photo
In a formal dining room, Cucumber provides a sophisticated backdrop for artwork and large-scale mirrors. The color's depth helps to "absorb" the room's edges, making the flickering light of candles and the sparkle of glassware the stars of the show.
Cucumber paint in a contemporary dining room
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1 Bathroom Photo
In a powder room, Cucumber can be used floor-to-ceiling to create a dramatic, high-impact experience for guests. Because these rooms are small and transitional, they can handle the full intensity of the color's personality without feeling overwhelming.
Cucumber — coastal bathroom
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1 Bedroom Photo
Cucumber has a unique ability to make a bedroom feel larger yet more intimate at the same time. By softening the "edges" of the room, the walls seem to move back, while the warmth of the tone makes the bed feel like a safe, protected island in the center of the space.
A modern luxury bedroom painted in Cucumber
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1 Home Office Photo
For those who spend their day on camera, Cucumber is a highly flattering background color. It doesn't wash out skin tones or create weird reflections, providing a professional and "expensive" look for virtual meetings and presentations.
Sherwin-Williams Cucumber in a mid century home office
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1 Front Door Photo
Using Cucumber for the front door allows the hardware to be the "jewelry" of the house. Whether you choose a modern long-bar handle or a traditional knocker, the color provides the perfect stage for the metalwork to shine.
rustic modern front door featuring Cucumber by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Mudroom Photo
The depth of Cucumber is a secret weapon against the "dirty" look that many light-colored mudrooms eventually suffer from. It retains its freshness and intentionality even when it's not perfectly clean, which is essential for an active family.
Cucumber paint in a coastal mudroom
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1 Living Room Photo
For open-concept living rooms, Cucumber is a powerful tool for definition. It has enough presence to signal where the living area begins without creating a harsh visual break from the rest of the house. It defines the "zone" of relaxation through color psychology and sophisticated depth.
A hollywood regency living room painted in Cucumber
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1 House Photo
On the exterior, Cucumber holds up across all lighting conditions — crisp in full sun, rich and dimensional on overcast days. It pairs especially well with white trim, black window frames, and natural stone, giving the home a timeless, curated presence.
Cucumber color — aesthetic house inspiration
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1 Patio Photo
Exterior color behaves differently than interior — there's more bleaching, more weather, and more competition from the natural surroundings. Cucumber holds its character in open light and tends to look even better after a few seasons than it does fresh from the can.
boho patio featuring Cucumber by Sherwin-Williams
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1 Kitchen Photo
The challenge with kitchen color is longevity: it needs to look right at 7am under bright task lights and at dinner with the pendants dimmed low. Cucumber manages to bridge all three lighting scenarios with ease, which is a rarer quality in a paint pigment than it sounds.
Cucumber — scandinavian kitchen
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Coordinating Colors
Cucumber reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 37), opening up a space where Frosted Emerald encloses it.
Trim Color
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Gratifying Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 4-point LRV gap (75 vs 71) makes Green Vibes the marginally brighter of the two.
Cucumber reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 65), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cucumber reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 71 and 71, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 73 and 71, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 9-point LRV gap (80 vs 71) makes Enlightened Lime the marginally brighter of the two.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 71 vs 16, Cucumber is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 28, Cucumber is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 12, Cucumber is decisively the brighter choice.
With LRVs of 71 and 71, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Lighter Colors
Gratifying Green reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 71), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 9-point LRV gap (80 vs 71) makes Enlightened Lime the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 86 vs 71, Green Glaze is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
At LRV 71 vs 42, Cucumber is decisively the brighter choice.
Cucumber reads slightly lighter (LRV 71 vs 60), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Cucumber reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 48), opening up a space where Seawashed Glass encloses it.