Hollingsworth Green (BM HC-141) vs Sea Salt (SW 6204)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- About the same: LRV 63.3 vs 63.
- Warmer
- Hollingsworth Green, both green-gray (Lab b* 7.0 vs 3.4).
- North rooms
- Sea Salt drifts less gray (chroma drop 0.0 vs 2.0); both keep about the same brightness.
- Trim that works
- Cotton Balls BM 2145-70, #F5F6EB, LRV 89: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 3.8, noticeably different. At 3.8, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Hollingsworth Green (BM HC-141) is about as light as Sea Salt (SW 6204) and warmer: LRV 63.3 vs 63, deltaE 3.8 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Hollingsworth Green | Sea Salt | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | HC-141 | SW 6204 | |
| Hex | #CCD4C4 | #CDD2CA | |
| RGB | 204, 212, 196 | 205, 210, 202 | |
| HSL | 90°, 16%, 80% | 97°, 8%, 81% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 63.3 | 63 | +0.3 |
| Lab L* | 83.9 | 83.6 | +0.3 |
| Lab a* | -5.6 | -3.1 | −2.4 |
| Lab b* | 7.0 | 3.4 | +3.6 |
| Undertone | Cool Green | Cool Blue-Green | |
| Temperature | warm | cool | |
| Color family | Green | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Hollingsworth Green (BM HC-141), published as #CCD4C4
#BBCAC2
#DEDEC4
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 Hollingsworth Green (BM HC-141) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 0.3 LRV points lighter (63.3 vs 63), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Sea Salt (SW 6204) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 3.4 against 7.0, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Hollingsworth Green (BM HC-141) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 7.0), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Hollingsworth Green in other brands
Closest matches to Sea Salt in other brands
Common questions
- Is Hollingsworth Green the same color as Sea Salt?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.8. Most people can see the difference between Hollingsworth Green and Sea Salt side by side.
- Which is lighter, Hollingsworth Green or Sea Salt?
- Hollingsworth Green, with an LRV of 63.3 against 63.
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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.