Sea Salt (SW 6204) vs Comfort Gray (SW 6205)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Sea Salt, LRV 63 vs 54.
- Warmer
- About the same, both green-gray (Lab b* 3.4 vs 3.4).
- North rooms
- Sea Salt keeps more brightness (L* 79.6 vs 74.2 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 3.7, noticeably different. At 3.7, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Sea Salt (SW 6204) is lighter than Comfort Gray (SW 6205) and about as warm: LRV 63 vs 54, deltaE 3.7 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Sea Salt | Comfort Gray | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 6204 | SW 6205 | |
| Hex | #CDD2CA | #BEC3BB | |
| RGB | 205, 210, 202 | 190, 195, 187 | |
| HSL | 97°, 8%, 81% | 97°, 6%, 75% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 63 | 54 | +9 |
| Lab L* | 83.6 | 78.2 | +5.4 |
| Lab a* | -3.1 | -3.2 | +0.1 |
| Lab b* | 3.4 | 3.4 | −0.1 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue-Green | Neutral | |
| Temperature | cool | neutral | |
| Color family | Gray | Gray |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sea Salt (SW 6204), published as #CDD2CA
#BBC8C8
#DFDCCA
Comfort Gray (SW 6205), published as #BEC3BB
#ADB9B9
#D0CDBB
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 9 LRV points lighter (63 vs 54), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Sea Salt in other brands
Closest matches to Comfort Gray in other brands
Common questions
- Is Sea Salt the same color as Comfort Gray?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.7. Most people can see the difference between Sea Salt and Comfort Gray side by side.
- Which is lighter, Sea Salt or Comfort Gray?
- Sea Salt, with an LRV of 63 against 54.
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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.