Sea Salt (SW 6204) vs Silvermist (SW 7621)

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 Silvermist SW 7621 (simulated) — Silvermist SW 7621#B0B8B2, LRV 47

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Sea Salt, LRV 63 vs 47.
Warmer: Sea Salt, both green-gray (Lab b* 3.4 vs 2.1).
North rooms: Sea Salt keeps more brightness (L* 79.6 vs 70.0 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 6.9, clearly different. At 6.9, treat them as different colors.

See each color

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

More comparisons with Sea Salt

SilvermistSherwin-Williams, SW 7621LRV 47, #B0B8B2

Sea Salt (SW 6204) is much lighter than Silvermist (SW 7621) and slightly warmer: LRV 63 vs 47, deltaE 6.9 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Sea Salt	Silvermist	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6204	SW 7621
Hex	#CDD2CA	#B0B8B2
RGB	205, 210, 202	176, 184, 178
HSL	97°, 8%, 81%	135°, 5%, 71%
LRV (light reflectance value)	63	47	+16
Lab L*	83.6	74.0	+9.6
Lab a*	-3.1	-3.9	+0.8
Lab b*	3.4	2.1	+1.3
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

North light (cool, indirect)
#BBC8C8

South light (warm, direct)
#DFDCCA

Silvermist (SW 7621), published as #B0B8B2

North light (cool, indirect)
#9FAEB0

South light (warm, direct)
#C2C2B2

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 16 LRV points lighter (63 vs 47), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Silvermist (SW 7621) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 2.1 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 Silvermist in other brands

Common questions

Is Sea Salt the same color as Silvermist?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 6.9. Sea Salt and Silvermist are different colors.
Which is lighter, Sea Salt or Silvermist?: Sea Salt, with an LRV of 63 against 47.

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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.