Sea Salt (SW 6204)
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Sea Salt (SW 6204) is a light, cool gray from Sherwin-Williams: LRV 63, so it reflects about 63 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sea Salt
Four Sherwin-Williams colors picked for Sea Salt by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper gray, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Sherwin-Williams did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Sea Salt, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moore | Gray Cashmere | 2138-60 | 64.5 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Behr | Salt Glaze | PPU12-11 | 64.8 | 1.1 | very close |
| Valspar | Sparkling Sage | 5005-3B | 62 | 1.4 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Bay Of Fundy | 10-07 | 63 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams
The Sherwin-Williams gray colors nearest to Sea Salt (LRV 63) by LRV.
Lighter than Sea Salt
Darker than Sea Salt
Color data
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams |
|---|---|
| Color code | SW 6204 |
| Hex | #CDD2CA |
| RGB | 205, 210, 202 |
| HSL | 97°, 8%, 81% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 63 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 83.6, -3.1, 3.4 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue-Green |
| Temperature | cool |
| Color family | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sea Salt (SW 6204), published as #CDD2CA
#BBC8C8
#DFDCCA
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sea Salt (SW 6204)?
- Sea Salt has an LRV of 63. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sea Salt is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sea Salt in another brand?
- Bay Of Fundy (PPG 10-07) from PPG Paints, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sea Salt warm or cool?
- Sherwin-Williams lists Sea Salt as cool, with a Cool Blue-Green undertone. Its Lab b* value is 3.4; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
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.