Sea Salt (SW 6204) vs Window Pane (SW 6210)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Window Pane, LRV 72 vs 63.
- Warmer
- Sea Salt (Lab b* 3.4 vs 2.5). Sea Salt reads green-gray; Window Pane reads neutral white.
- North rooms
- Window Pane keeps more brightness (L* 84.1 vs 79.6 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
- Trim that works
- Glimmer SW 6476, #E0E7E2, LRV 78: 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
Sea Salt (SW 6204) is darker than Window Pane (SW 6210) and about as warm: LRV 63 vs 72, deltaE 3.2 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Sea Salt | Window Pane | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 6204 | SW 6210 | |
| Hex | #CDD2CA | #D7DFD8 | |
| RGB | 205, 210, 202 | 215, 223, 216 | |
| HSL | 97°, 8%, 81% | 127°, 11%, 86% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 63 | 72 | −9 |
| Lab L* | 83.6 | 88.1 | −4.4 |
| Lab a* | -3.1 | -4.0 | +0.8 |
| Lab b* | 3.4 | 2.5 | +0.9 |
| Undertone | Cool Blue-Green | Neutral | |
| Temperature | cool | neutral | |
| Color family | Gray | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sea Salt (SW 6204), published as #CDD2CA
#BBC8C8
#DFDCCA
Window Pane (SW 6210), published as #D7DFD8
#C5D5D6
#E9E9D8
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 Window Pane (SW 6210) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 9 LRV points lighter (72 vs 63), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Closest matches to Sea Salt in other brands
Closest matches to Window Pane in other brands
Common questions
- Is Sea Salt the same color as Window Pane?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.2. Most people can see the difference between Sea Salt and Window Pane side by side.
- Which is lighter, Sea Salt or Window Pane?
- Window Pane, with an LRV of 72 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.