Filmy Green (SW 6190) vs Sea Salt (SW 6204)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Filmy Green, LRV 64 vs 63.
- Warmer
- Filmy Green, both green-gray (Lab b* 5.7 vs 3.4).
- North rooms
- Sea Salt drifts less gray (chroma drop 0.0 vs 2.4); both keep about the same brightness.
- Trim that works
- Spinach White SW 6434, #E4E8DA, LRV 79: the Sherwin-Williams 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
Filmy Green (SW 6190) is about as light as Sea Salt (SW 6204) and slightly warmer: LRV 64 vs 63, deltaE 2.1 (very close).
Side by side
| Measure | Filmy Green | Sea Salt | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 6190 | SW 6204 | |
| Hex | #D1D3C7 | #CDD2CA | |
| RGB | 209, 211, 199 | 205, 210, 202 | |
| HSL | 70°, 12%, 80% | 97°, 8%, 81% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 64 | 63 | +1 |
| Lab L* | 84.1 | 83.6 | +0.5 |
| Lab a* | -2.8 | -3.1 | +0.3 |
| Lab b* | 5.7 | 3.4 | +2.3 |
| Undertone | Neutral | Cool Blue-Green | |
| Temperature | warm | cool | |
| Color family | Gray | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Filmy Green (SW 6190), published as #D1D3C7
#C0C9C5
#E3DDC7
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 Filmy Green (SW 6190) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 1 LRV points lighter (64 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 5.7, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
- Pick Filmy Green (SW 6190) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 5.7), which counters cool indirect light
Closest matches to Filmy Green in other brands
Closest matches to Sea Salt in other brands
Common questions
- Is Filmy Green 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 Filmy Green and Sea Salt.
- Which is lighter, Filmy Green or Sea Salt?
- Filmy Green, with an LRV of 64 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.