Salina Springs
DEC794 · #CAD2D4 · LRV 59 — cool blue-green tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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- 2Quietude48
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- 4Gray Owl65
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What Color Is Salina Springs, Really?
Salina Springs reads as a cool blue-green tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Dunn-Edwards DEC794 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Salina Springs
Salina Springs 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 Salina Springs
At LRV 59, Salina Springs is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its teal 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 Salina Springs 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 Dunn-Edwards DEC794 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 | MistySW 6232 · Sherwin-Williams | 1.5 | 64 | Color page → |
| Behr | Absolute ZeroN490-1 · Behr | 0.2 | 64 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Silver Mist1619 · Benjamin Moore | 1.1 | 62 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Spun Sugar8004-41A · Valspar | 1.5 | 63 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Sky SplashPPG1037-2 · PPG / Glidden | 1.6 | 63 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Sky SplashPPG1037-2 · Glidden | 1.5 | 64 | Color page → |
Similar Dunn-Edwards Colors
The nearest shades to Salina Springs within Dunn-Edwards'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 #CAD2D4 in HSL space. Pair Salina Springs with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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