Healing Aloe (BM 1562) vs Sea Salt (SW 6204)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Healing Aloe, LRV 68.3 vs 63.
- Warmer
- About the same, both green-gray (Lab b* 3.7 vs 3.4).
- North rooms
- Healing Aloe keeps more brightness (L* 82.8 vs 79.6 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Harbor Fog BM 2062-70, #D3E7ED, LRV 74.8: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 2.1, very close. At 2.1, test both side by side if the room is dim or north-facing.
See each color
Healing Aloe (BM 1562) is lighter than Sea Salt (SW 6204) and about as warm: LRV 68.3 vs 63, deltaE 2.1 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Healing Aloe | Sea Salt | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | 1562 | SW 6204 | |
| Hex | #D5DBD2 | #CDD2CA | |
| RGB | 213, 219, 210 | 205, 210, 202 | |
| HSL | 100°, 11%, 84% | 97°, 8%, 81% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 68.3 | 63 | +5.3 |
| Lab L* | 86.7 | 83.6 | +3.1 |
| Lab a* | -3.6 | -3.1 | −0.5 |
| Lab b* | 3.7 | 3.4 | +0.4 |
| Undertone | Cool Gray-Green | Cool Blue-Green | |
| Temperature | cool | cool | |
| Color family | Gray | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Healing Aloe (BM 1562), published as #D5DBD2
#C3D1D0
#E7E5D2
Sea Salt (SW 6204), published as #CDD2CA
#BBC8C8
#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 Healing Aloe (BM 1562) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 5.3 LRV points lighter (68.3 vs 63), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Healing Aloe in other brands
Closest matches to Sea Salt in other brands
Common questions
- Is Healing Aloe the same color as Sea Salt?
- They are very close: a CIEDE2000 difference of 2.1. Side by side you may see a slight difference between Healing Aloe and Sea Salt.
- Which is lighter, Healing Aloe or Sea Salt?
- Healing Aloe, with an LRV of 68.3 against 63.
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Sources: Healing Aloe: LRV and hex from Benjamin Moore technical data (verified 2026-10-02); 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.