Sea Salt (SW 6204) vs Fleur de Sel (SW 7666)
Illustrative room. Screen colors vary; test a sample before you paint.
Quick decision
- Lighter
- Fleur de Sel, LRV 72 vs 63.
- Warmer
- Sea Salt (Lab b* 3.4 vs 2.3). Sea Salt reads green-gray; Fleur de Sel reads neutral gray.
- North rooms
- Fleur de Sel keeps more brightness (L* 84.0 vs 79.6 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 3.8, noticeably different. At 3.8, test both: on a full wall the difference will show.
See each color
Sea Salt (SW 6204) is darker than Fleur de Sel (SW 7666) and slightly warmer: LRV 63 vs 72, deltaE 3.8 (noticeably different).
Side by side
| Measure | Sea Salt | Fleur de Sel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Sherwin-Williams | Sherwin-Williams | |
| Color code | SW 6204 | SW 7666 | |
| Hex | #CDD2CA | #DCDDD8 | |
| RGB | 205, 210, 202 | 220, 221, 216 | |
| HSL | 97°, 8%, 81% | 72°, 7%, 86% | |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 63 | 72 | −9 |
| Lab L* | 83.6 | 87.9 | −4.3 |
| Lab a* | -3.1 | -1.2 | −1.9 |
| Lab b* | 3.4 | 2.3 | +1.0 |
| 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
Fleur de Sel (SW 7666), published as #DCDDD8
#CAD3D6
#EEE7D8
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 Fleur de Sel (SW 7666) 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
- Pick Fleur de Sel (SW 7666) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 2.3 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 Fleur de Sel in other brands
Common questions
- Is Sea Salt the same color as Fleur de Sel?
- They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 3.8. Most people can see the difference between Sea Salt and Fleur de Sel side by side.
- Which is lighter, Sea Salt or Fleur de Sel?
- Fleur de Sel, 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.