Salt Water
C2-979 · #D3D6D0 · LRV 66 — cool green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Salt Water, Really?
Salt Water reads as a cool green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how C2 Paint C2-979 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Salt Water
Salt Water is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Grays like this read as a modern neutral and sit comfortably alongside both warm woods and cool metals.
How Lighting Changes Salt Water
At LRV 66, Salt Water is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its green undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Salt Water are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint C2 Paint C2-979 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | ReflectionSW 7661 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.2 | 66 | Color page → |
| Behr | Close KnitT17-01 · Behr | 1.0 | 67 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | WhisperCSP-500 · Benjamin Moore | 1.6 | 66 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Sandstone Gray7004-18 · Valspar | 2.9 | 66.4 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | FogPPG1010-2 · PPG / Glidden | 0.6 | 67 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Afraid Of The DarkPPG0994-1 · Glidden | 0.5 | 66 | Color page → |
Similar C2 Paint Colors
The nearest shades to Salt Water within C2 Paint's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #D3D6D0 in HSL space. Pair Salt Water with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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