Opaline (SW 6189) vs Sea Salt (SW 6204)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Opaline SW 6189 (simulated) — Opaline SW 6189#DCDFD7, LRV 73

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: Opaline, LRV 73 vs 63.
Warmer: About the same (Lab b* 3.6 vs 3.4). Opaline reads warm white; Sea Salt reads green-gray.
North rooms: Opaline keeps more brightness (L* 84.5 vs 79.6 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Green Glimpse SW 9676, #E7EAE3, LRV 82: the Sherwin-Williams 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

OpalineSherwin-Williams, SW 6189LRV 73, #DCDFD7

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

More comparisons with Sea Salt

Opaline (SW 6189) is lighter than Sea Salt (SW 6204) and about as warm: LRV 73 vs 63, deltaE 3.2 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Opaline	Sea Salt	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6189	SW 6204
Hex	#DCDFD7	#CDD2CA
RGB	220, 223, 215	205, 210, 202
HSL	82°, 11%, 86%	97°, 8%, 81%
LRV (light reflectance value)	73	63	+10
Lab L*	88.4	83.6	+4.8
Lab a*	-2.4	-3.1	+0.7
Lab b*	3.6	3.4	+0.2
Undertone	Neutral	Cool Blue-Green
Temperature	neutral	cool
Color family	Off-white	Gray

Same paint, two kinds of light

Opaline (SW 6189), published as #DCDFD7

North light (cool, indirect)
#CAD5D5

South light (warm, direct)
#EEE9D7

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 Opaline (SW 6189) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 10 LRV points lighter (73 vs 63), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Opaline in other brands

Closest matches to Sea Salt in other brands

Common questions

Is Opaline the same color as Sea Salt?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.2. Most people can see the difference between Opaline and Sea Salt side by side.
Which is lighter, Opaline or Sea Salt?: Opaline, with an LRV of 73 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: 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.