Sea Salt (SW 6204) vs Dew Drop (SW 9641)

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 Dew Drop SW 9641 (simulated) — Dew Drop SW 9641#D4DCDC, LRV 70

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

Quick decision

Lighter: Dew Drop, LRV 70 vs 63.
Warmer: Sea Salt (Lab b* 3.4 vs -0.9). Sea Salt reads green-gray; Dew Drop reads neutral gray.
North rooms: Dew Drop keeps more brightness (L* 83.2 vs 79.6 in north light); both drift gray about equally.
Trim that works: Snowdrop SW 6511, #E0E8E7, LRV 80: the Sherwin-Williams white closest in hue to both.
Closeness: deltaE 4.6, noticeably different. At 4.6, 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

Dew DropSherwin-Williams, SW 9641LRV 70, #D4DCDC

Sea Salt (SW 6204) is darker than Dew Drop (SW 9641) and warmer: LRV 63 vs 70, deltaE 4.6 (noticeably different).

Side by side

Measure	Sea Salt	Dew Drop	Gap
Brand	Sherwin-Williams	Sherwin-Williams
Color code	SW 6204	SW 9641
Hex	#CDD2CA	#D4DCDC
RGB	205, 210, 202	212, 220, 220
HSL	97°, 8%, 81%	180°, 10%, 85%
LRV (light reflectance value)	63	70	−7
Lab L*	83.6	87.2	−3.5
Lab a*	-3.1	-2.7	−0.5
Lab b*	3.4	-0.9	+4.3
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

Dew Drop (SW 9641), published as #D4DCDC

North light (cool, indirect)
#C2D2DA

South light (warm, direct)
#E7E6DC

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 Dew Drop (SW 9641) for a small room or a north-facing room, because it is 7 LRV points lighter (70 vs 63), so it bounces back more of the limited light
Pick Dew Drop (SW 9641) for a south-facing room, because its Lab b* is -0.9 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 Dew Drop in other brands

Common questions

Is Sea Salt the same color as Dew Drop?: They are noticeably different: a CIEDE2000 difference of 4.6. Most people can see the difference between Sea Salt and Dew Drop side by side.
Which is lighter, Sea Salt or Dew Drop?: Dew Drop, with an LRV of 70 against 63.

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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.