Sea Salt (SW 6204) vs Rainwashed (SW 6211)

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Sea Salt SW 6204 (simulated) — Sea Salt SW 6204#CDD2CA, LRV 63

Living room with walls painted Sherwin-Williams Rainwashed SW 6211 (simulated) — Rainwashed SW 6211#C2CDC5, LRV 59

Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.

Quick decision

Lighter: Sea Salt, LRV 63 vs 59.
Warmer: Sea Salt, both green-gray (Lab b* 3.4 vs 2.7).
North rooms: Sea Salt keeps more brightness (L* 79.6 vs 77.4 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 3.0, noticeably different. At 3.0, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

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

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RainwashedSherwin-Williams, SW 6211LRV 59, #C2CDC5

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Sea Salt (SW 6204) is slightly lighter than Rainwashed (SW 6211) and about as warm: LRV 63 vs 59, deltaE 3.0 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Sea Salt	Rainwashed	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6204	SW 6211
Hex	#CDD2CA	#C2CDC5
RGB	205, 210, 202	194, 205, 197
HSL	97°, 8%, 81%	136°, 10%, 78%
LRV (light reflectance value)	63	59	+4
Lab L*	83.6	81.4	+2.2
Lab a*	-3.1	-5.2	+2.1
Lab b*	3.4	2.7	+0.7
Undertone	Cool Blue-Green	Cool Green
Temperature	cool	neutral
Color family	Gray	Gray

Same paint, two kinds of light

Sea Salt (SW 6204), published as #CDD2CA

North light (cool, indirect)
#BBC8C8

South light (warm, direct)
#DFDCCA

Rainwashed (SW 6211), published as #C2CDC5

North light (cool, indirect)
#B0C3C3

South light (warm, direct)
#D4D7C5

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 4 LRV points lighter (63 vs 59), so it bounces back more of the limited light

Closest matches to Sea Salt in other brands

Closest matches to Rainwashed in other brands

Common questions

Is Sea Salt the same color as Rainwashed?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.0. Most people can see the difference between Sea Salt and Rainwashed side by side.
Which is lighter, Sea Salt or Rainwashed?: Sea Salt, with an LRV of 63 against 59.

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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.