Sea Salt (SW 6204) vs Evergreen Fog (SW 9130)

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 Evergreen Fog SW 9130 (simulated) — Evergreen Fog SW 9130#95978A, LRV 30

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Sea Salt, LRV 63 vs 30.
Warmer: Evergreen Fog, both green-gray (Lab b* 6.6 vs 3.4).
North rooms: Sea Salt: keeps more brightness (L* 79.6 vs 57.9 in north light) and drifts less gray (chroma drop 0.0 vs 3.1).
Trim that works: Spinach White SW 6434, #E4E8DA, LRV 79: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 16.4, clearly different. At 16.4, treat them as different colors.

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

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Evergreen FogSherwin-Williams, SW 9130LRV 30, #95978A

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Sea Salt (SW 6204) is much lighter than Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) and cooler: LRV 63 vs 30, deltaE 16.4 (clearly different).

Side by side

Measure	Sea Salt	Evergreen Fog	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6204	SW 9130
Hex	#CDD2CA	#95978A
RGB	205, 210, 202	149, 151, 138
HSL	97°, 8%, 81%	69°, 6%, 57%
LRV (light reflectance value)	63	30	+33
Lab L*	83.6	62.0	+21.7
Lab a*	-3.1	-3.2	+0.0
Lab b*	3.4	6.6	−3.2
Undertone	Cool Blue-Green	Gray-Green
Temperature	cool	cool
Color family	Gray	Green

Same paint, two kinds of light

Sea Salt (SW 6204), published as #CDD2CA

North light (cool, indirect)
#BBC8C8

South light (warm, direct)
#DFDCCA

Evergreen Fog (SW 9130), published as #95978A

North light (cool, indirect)
#858D88

South light (warm, direct)
#A6A18A

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 33 LRV points lighter (63 vs 30), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Sea Salt (SW 6204) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is 3.4 against 6.6, so it is the cooler of the two and offsets warm direct sun
Pick Evergreen Fog (SW 9130) to warm a north-facing room, because it is the warmer of the two (Lab b* 6.6), which counters cool indirect light

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Common questions

Is Sea Salt the same color as Evergreen Fog?: They are clearly different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 16.4. Sea Salt and Evergreen Fog are different colors.
Which is lighter, Sea Salt or Evergreen Fog?: Sea Salt, with an LRV of 63 against 30.

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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.