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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS · SW 6204

Sherwin-Williams Sea Salt#CDD3CB · LRV 63

Why this color. The viral coastal spa color featured in countless Apartment Therapy and HB bathroom roundups.

Sea Salt reads as a green / cool — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover the spec, what Sherwin-Williams SW 6204 actually looks like under different light, and the closest matches at competing US brands.

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SHERWIN-WILLIAMS SEA SALT
RGB 205, 211, 203 LRV 63

Color spec

Brand Sherwin-Williams
Name Sea Salt
SKU SW 6204
Hex #CDD3CB
RGB 205, 211, 203
HSL 105°, 8%, 81%
LRV 63
Undertone green / cool
Family Gray

Kompozit alternative

The closest hex in the Kompozit deck, ranked by ΔE2000 (perceptual color difference). ΔE under 2 is indistinguishable to most eyes; under 5 is a very close visual match.

KOMPOZIT
Pale Loden
SKU 0440 · #CCD2CA · LRV 63
ΔE 0.24 (imperceptible)
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Closest matches at every US brand

9 brands · top 5 each

5 closest matches per brand by ΔE2000, computed against each brand's full deck. Tap any swatch for its full single-color spec; tap the brand title to browse all gray from that brand.

PPG / Glidden

2,088 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.62
All gray at PPG / Glidden →
10-07
#CDD2C9
Bay Of Fundy
ΔE 0.62 · LRV 63
1128-2
#CFD2C7
Frivolous Folly
ΔE 1.74 · LRV 63
1129-3
#CDD4C6
Castaway
ΔE 2.66 · LRV 64
1009-2
#D1D3CF
Tornado
ΔE 2.92 · LRV 65
1129-2
#CAD5C8
Falling Star
ΔE 3.16 · LRV 64

Valspar

2,858 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.73
All gray at Valspar →
5002-1A
#CED5CE
Winter in Paris
ΔE 0.73 · LRV 65
8004-30C
#CDD0C7
Chilean Sea Bass
ΔE 1.48 · LRV 62
V142-2
#CDD0C7
Chilean Sea Bass
ΔE 1.48 · LRV 62.1
8003-34B
#CCD6CD
Opal Fire
ΔE 1.87 · LRV 65
T654
#CBD1CE
Sonnet Gray
ΔE 2.44 · LRV 62.9

Benjamin Moore

3,919 colors in deck · best ΔE 0.93
All gray at Benjamin Moore →
CSP-665
#CCD4CD
Cool
ΔE 0.93 · LRV 64
HC-180
#CDD1CB
Cliffside
ΔE 1.44 · LRV 63
1569
#D0D4C9
Night
ΔE 1.51 · LRV 65
1591
#CFD3CF
Sterling
ΔE 2.26 · LRV 64
1556
#D0D1C6
Vapor
ΔE 2.46 · LRV 63

Magnolia Home

160 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.52
All gray at Magnolia Home →
JG-13
#C9CEC4
Emmie's Room
ΔE 1.52 · LRV 61
JG-55
#D1D1C5
Stoneware Pieces
ΔE 3.01 · LRV 63
JG-74
#CCD0CE
Dark Moon
ΔE 3.27 · LRV 62
JG-67
#CDDAC9
Mineral Green
ΔE 4.98 · LRV 67
JG-98
#D4CDD0
In Bloom
ΔE 9.92 · LRV 62

Behr

4,699 colors in deck · best ΔE 1.93
All gray at Behr →
PPU12-11
#CED4D0
Salt Glaze
ΔE 1.93 · LRV 65
MQ3-21
#CAD6CE
Breezeway
ΔE 2.52 · LRV 65
N360-2
#C9D5CC
Silver Marlin
ΔE 2.59 · LRV 64
790C-3
#CCD6CA
Dolphin Fin
ΔE 2.59 · LRV 65
790E-2
#CBD5D2
Gentle Rain
ΔE 2.73 · LRV 65

Dunn-Edwards

1,696 colors in deck · best ΔE 2.6
All gray at Dunn-Edwards →
DE6269
#D0D2C5
Particular Mint
ΔE 2.6 · LRV 64
DE6283
#C8D1C4
Granite
ΔE 2.75 · LRV 62
DE6255
#D0D1C1
Wishing Well
ΔE 3.78 · LRV 63
DE6317
#CAD3D4
Mount Sterling
ΔE 4.45 · LRV 64
DE6227
#D4D0C5
Muslin
ΔE 4.69 · LRV 63

Clare

78 colors in deck · best ΔE 3.21
All gray at Clare →
PNT100-LT-07
#D6D7D2
Seize The Gray
ΔE 3.21 · LRV 68
PNT100-LT-08
#CBCBC5
Windy City
ΔE 3.51 · LRV 59
PNT100-LT-18
#D8D3CD
Beigeing
ΔE 5.76 · LRV 66
PNT100-LT-31
#CED0D3
Wink
ΔE 6.41 · LRV 63
PNT100-LT-17
#D4CBC0
Flatiron
ΔE 7.28 · LRV 61

Coordinated palette

Generated by hue-rotating #CDD3CB in HSL space. Pair Sea Salt with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#CDD3CB + #D1CBD3
TRIADIC
#CDD3CB · #CBCDD3 · #D3CBCD
ANALOGOUS
#D1D3CB · #CDD3CB · #CBD3CD

Accessibility (WCAG contrast)

Sample text on white
1.52:1 fail
Sample text on black
13.78:1 AAA

WCAG 2.1: AA = 4.5:1 normal text · AA Large = 3:1 large text · AAA = 7:1 normal text.

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