Valspar Sea Salt

With an LRV of 62, Sea Salt is a light, versatile wall color rather than a statement shade. It works across whole rooms without closing them in, which makes it a natural fit for bathrooms, bedrooms, laundry rooms, and open living and dining areas. The soft green tone reads as calm and clean, so it suits spaces where you want to relax.

It also performs well on cabinets and built-ins, especially in kitchens and baths where a light gray-green feels fresh next to white counters and natural wood. On trim it is usually too soft to contrast against light walls, so save it for the walls or millwork and pair it with a brighter white.

Outside, its light value holds up on siding for a coastal, weathered look, and it can read as a muted backdrop on a shaded porch. For a front door you would typically want more saturation, so treat Sea Salt as the calm field color and let a deeper accent do the talking.

At an LRV of 62, Sea Salt has plenty of light to work with, so lighting mostly shifts its temperature rather than making it dark or heavy.

North-facing rooms get cool, even light that pulls the green and gray forward and can make the color feel slightly more muted. South-facing rooms get warm, strong sun that lifts the value and can wash the green toward a soft, sun-bleached gray. East light is cool and bluish in the morning, so the green looks crisper early, then warms by afternoon. West rooms do the reverse, staying quiet in the morning and turning warmer and golder in the evening.

Bulb choice matters just as much. A warm 2700K bulb tames the green and makes Sea Salt cozier. A cooler 3500K to 4000K bulb sharpens the green and the cool cast. If you want the calm spa look, warm bulbs keep it grounded.

Sea Salt's closest Valspar neighbors are all light gray-greens, and the differences are subtle but usable. Misty Memory (8004-29B), LRV 63, is a hair lighter and reads a touch more neutral gray, so choose it if Sea Salt's green shows more than you want in a bright room. Chilean Sea Bass (8004-30C), LRV 62, sits at essentially the same value but holds a slightly cleaner green, making it the pick when you want the coastal tone to stay visible.

Passing Shadow (T668), LRV 62.2, is another near-match that leans just slightly warmer and grayer, which helps in cool north-facing rooms where you want to soften the green.

Because these colors are within a point or two of each other in LRV, the deciding factor is undertone, not lightness. Sample two or three side by side on the actual wall; in your specific light one will clearly look greener and another grayer, and that comparison makes the choice obvious.

For trim and ceilings, Ultra White (7006-24) at LRV 92 gives you a clean, bright frame that makes Sea Salt's green read a touch crisper. If you want a softer, warmer edge, Swiss Coffee (7002-9) at LRV 84 keeps the contrast gentle and cottage-friendly.

For a second wall color or an adjoining space, Filtered Shade (4007-1A) at LRV 65 is a warm light neutral that balances Sea Salt's cool lean and keeps an open floor plan cohesive. Quail Egg (4007-1B) at LRV 60 sits at a similar value for a low-contrast, tonal pairing.

For accents and depth, Polished Pine (5006-2B) at LRV 11 is a deep green that grounds the palette on cabinets, a door, or a built-in. Lyndhurst Duchess Blue (5001-9A) at LRV 8 makes a strong front-door or accent-wall partner. Warm mid-tones like Mocha Latte (3002-10C) at LRV 31, plus natural oak and brushed brass or matte black hardware, round out the scheme.