Sea Salt (SW 6204) vs Glimmer (SW 6476)

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 Glimmer SW 6476 (simulated) — Glimmer SW 6476#E0E7E2, LRV 78

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Glimmer, LRV 78 vs 63.
Warmer: Sea Salt (Lab b* 3.4 vs 1.6). Sea Salt reads green-gray; Glimmer reads neutral white.
North rooms: Glimmer keeps more brightness (L* 87.1 vs 79.6 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Serendipity SW 9671, #E9EDE7, LRV 84: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 5.0, noticeably different. At 5.0, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.

See each color

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

More comparisons with Sea Salt

GlimmerSherwin-Williams, SW 6476LRV 78, #E0E7E2

Sea Salt (SW 6204) is much darker than Glimmer (SW 6476) and slightly warmer: LRV 63 vs 78, deltaE 5.0 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Sea Salt	Glimmer	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6204	SW 6476
Hex	#CDD2CA	#E0E7E2
RGB	205, 210, 202	224, 231, 226
HSL	97°, 8%, 81%	137°, 13%, 89%
LRV (light reflectance value)	63	78	−15
Lab L*	83.6	91.0	−7.4
Lab a*	-3.1	-3.2	+0.1
Lab b*	3.4	1.6	+1.7
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

North light (cool, indirect)
#BBC8C8

South light (warm, direct)
#DFDCCA

Glimmer (SW 6476), published as #E0E7E2

North light (cool, indirect)
#CEDDE0

South light (warm, direct)
#F3F1E2

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 Glimmer (SW 6476) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 15 LRV points lighter (78 vs 63), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Glimmer (SW 6476) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 1.6 against 3.4, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Sea Salt (SW 6204) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 3.4), which counters cool indirect light

Closest matches to Sea Salt in other brands

Closest matches to Glimmer in other brands

Common questions

Is Sea Salt the same color as Glimmer?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 5.0. Most people can see the difference between Sea Salt and Glimmer side by side.
Which is lighter, Sea Salt or Glimmer?: Glimmer, with an LRV of 78 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.