Breezeway (Behr MQ3-21) vs Sea Salt (SW 6204)

Living room with walls painted Behr Breezeway MQ3-21 (simulated) — Breezeway Behr MQ3-21#CCD8CF, LRV 66.5 (estimated)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Sea Salt SW 6204 (simulated) — Sea Salt SW 6204#CDD2CA, LRV 63

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Breezeway, LRV 66.5 vs 63.
Warmer: Sea Salt, both green-gray (Lab b* 3.4 vs 3.0).
North rooms: Breezeway keeps more brightness (L* 81.3 vs 79.6 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Country Mist Behr 480E-1, #DFEBE2, LRV 80.6 (estimated): the Behr white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 3.2, noticeably different. At 3.2, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

BreezewayBehr MQ3-21LRV 66.5 (estimated), #CCD8CF

Sea SaltSherwin-Williams, SW 6204LRV 63, #CDD2CA

More comparisons with Sea Salt

Breezeway (Behr MQ3-21) is slightly lighter than Sea Salt (SW 6204) and about as warm: LRV 66.5 vs 63, deltaE 3.2 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Breezeway	Sea Salt	Gap
Brand	Behr	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	MQ3-21	SW 6204
Hex	#CCD8CF	#CDD2CA
RGB	204, 216, 207	205, 210, 202
HSL	135°, 13%, 82%	97°, 8%, 81%
LRV (light reflectance value)	66.5 (est.)	63	+3.5
Lab L*	85.2	83.6	+1.6
Lab a*	-5.7	-3.1	−2.6
Lab b*	3.0	3.4	−0.3
Undertone	Cool Green	Cool Blue-Green
Temperature	neutral	cool
Color family	Gray	Gray

Same paint, two kinds of light

Breezeway (Behr MQ3-21), published as #CCD8CF

North light (cool, indirect)
#BACECD

South light (warm, direct)
#DEE2CF

Sea Salt (SW 6204), published as #CDD2CA

North light (cool, indirect)
#BBC8C8

South light (warm, direct)
#DFDCCA

These swatches and the rooms above are a simulation, not a measurement. How the visualizer works

Which should you pick

Rules of thumb computed from the LRV and Lab values in the table above; no room test was done.

Pick Breezeway (Behr MQ3-21) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 3.5 LRV points lighter (66.5 vs 63), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Breezeway in other brands

Closest matches to Sea Salt in other brands

Common questions

Is Breezeway the same color as Sea Salt?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.2. Most people can see the difference between Breezeway and Sea Salt side by side.
Which is lighter, Breezeway or Sea Salt?: Breezeway, with an LRV of 66.5 against 63.

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By Paint Pairs. Color data from manufacturer specifications, via PaintDB. The most-viewed colors are checked against each manufacturer's own color page.

Published 2026-10-01. Updated 2026-10-01.

Sources: Breezeway: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value; Sea Salt: 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.