Woodlawn Blue (BM HC-147) vs Sea Salt (SW 6204)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Sea Salt, LRV 63 vs 60.7.
- Warmer
- Sea Salt, both green-gray (Lab b* 3.4 vs 1.2).
- North rooms
- Sea Salt keeps more brightness (L* 79.6 vs 78.3 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Come Sail Away BM 846, #DDEAE4, LRV 77.8: the Benjamin Moore white closest in hue to both.
- Closeness
- deltaE 4.2, noticeably different. At 4.2, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Woodlawn Blue (BM HC-147) is slightly darker than Sea Salt (SW 6204) and slightly cooler: LRV 60.7 vs 63, deltaE 4.2 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Woodlawn Blue | Sea Salt | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Benjamin Moore | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | HC-147 | SW 6204 | |
| Hex | #C1D0CA | #CDD2CA | |
| RGB | 193, 208, 202 | 205, 210, 202 | |
| HSL | 156°, 14%, 79% | 97°, 8%, 81% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 60.7 | 63 | −2.4 |
| Lab L* | 82.2 | 83.6 | −1.4 |
| Lab a* | -6.2 | -3.1 | −3.1 |
| Lab b* | 1.2 | 3.4 | −2.1 |
| Undertone | Cool Green | Cool Blue-Green | |
| Temperature | neutral | cool | |
| Color family | Gray | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Woodlawn Blue (BM HC-147), published as #C1D0CA
#AFC6C8
#D3DACA
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 Sea Salt (SW 6204) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 2.4 LRV points lighter (63 vs 60.7), so it bounces back more of the limited light
- Pick Woodlawn Blue (BM HC-147) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 1.2 against 3.4, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Sea Salt (SW 6204) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 3.4), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Woodlawn Blue in other brands
Closest matches to Sea Salt in other brands
Common questions
- Is Woodlawn Blue the same color as Sea Salt?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 4.2. Most people can see the difference between Woodlawn Blue and Sea Salt side by side.
- Which is lighter, Woodlawn Blue or Sea Salt?
- Sea Salt, with an LRV of 63 against 60.7.
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Sources: Woodlawn Blue: 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.