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Seafoam Bathroom Palette — Seafoam Mist & Driftwood Taupe

A calm five-color bathroom scheme built around soft seafoam, balanced with a warm taupe, crisp white, natural wood, and a deep teal accent — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

A seafoam bathroom feels like a quiet exhale. Seafoam Mist on the walls gives you that soft, watery green that brightens with steam and morning light, never cold and never sweet. It is the kind of color that makes a small bathroom feel rinsed clean.

Around it, Cloud White keeps the trim and ceiling crisp, while Driftwood Taupe warms up the vanity so the room does not tip too cool. Warm Oak underfoot or in a floating shelf brings in the natural grain that seafoam loves to sit beside.

For 2026 I like one confident dark moment, and Deep Teal is it — a saturated green-blue for the vanity base or a painted mirror frame. Used in small doses it makes the seafoam look even softer and gives the whole room a grounded, spa-like calm.

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Seafoam Mist
Walls
Kompozit Lickety Split · 0699
#C2D9D1
LRV 66
Cloud White
Trim & Ceiling
Glidden Cotton Tail · PPG0998-1
#F2F0E9
LRV 87
Driftwood Taupe
Cabinets or Vanity
PPG / Glidden Stonington · PPG15-25
#C8BCAA
LRV 51
Warm Oak
Wood & Floors
Dutch Boy Knubby Burlap · 315-6DB
#A07D5A
LRV 23
Deep Teal
Accent
Dunn-Edwards Deep Pine · DEA180
#254A47
LRV 5

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Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Tap a swatch for its full guide or + to save it — take any SKU to the store, they mix on demand.

Seafoam Mist
#BFD9CF · LRV 65 · Walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6463 · ΔE 1.63
Behr · 730E-3 · ΔE 1.52
Benjamin Moore · 631 · ΔE 1.75
Valspar · 5003-5A · ΔE 3.21
PPG / Glidden · PPG1140-2 · ΔE 1.52
Glidden · PPG1140-2 · ΔE 1.79
Dutch Boy · 332-2DB · ΔE 2.16
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2297 · ΔE 1.63
Dunn-Edwards · DE5646 · ΔE 3.01
Magnolia Home · JG-67 · ΔE 5.12
Farrow & Ball · NO. 9814 · ΔE 8.13
Diamond Vogel · 0699 · ΔE 2.15
Hirshfield's · 0699 · ΔE 1.32
Rodda · R091 · ΔE 10.5
C2 Paint · C2-720 · ΔE 4.97
Clare · PNT100-LT-36 · ΔE 6.12
Portola Paints · FIGUEROA · ΔE 12.2
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 19.34
Backdrop · BD-RR · ΔE 12.97
Rust-Oleum · 285139 · ΔE 5.17
Kompozit · 0699 · ΔE 1.32
Cloud White
#F3F1EA · LRV 88 · Trim & Ceiling
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9503 · ΔE 1.46
Behr · PWN-15 · ΔE 0.81
Benjamin Moore · AF-10 · ΔE 0.53
Valspar · 8007-6E · ΔE 0.97
PPG / Glidden · PPG0998-1 · ΔE 0.81
Glidden · PPG0998-1 · ΔE 0.21
Dutch Boy · 004W · ΔE 0.62
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4002 · ΔE 0.94
Dunn-Edwards · DE6225 · ΔE 0.79
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 0.42
Farrow & Ball · NO. 239 · ΔE 1.81
Diamond Vogel · 0411 · ΔE 0.84
Hirshfield's · 0411 · ΔE 1.19
Rodda · CA013 · ΔE 2
C2 Paint · C2-820 · ΔE 0.98
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 2.97
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 1.34
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 13.61
Backdrop · BD-TR · ΔE 1.81
Rust-Oleum · 285140 · ΔE 4.68
Kompozit · 0411 · ΔE 1.19
Driftwood Taupe
#C7BBA8 · LRV 51 · Cabinets or Vanity
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9173 · ΔE 0.9
Behr · PPU8-18 · ΔE 2.42
Benjamin Moore · CW-145 · ΔE 0.84
Valspar · 2005-10B · ΔE 5.13
PPG / Glidden · PPG15-25 · ΔE 0.51
Glidden · PPG15-25 · ΔE 0.9
Dutch Boy · 421-2DB · ΔE 0.78
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3186 · ΔE 1.83
Dunn-Edwards · DET637 · ΔE 1.55
Magnolia Home · JG-109 · ΔE 1.58
Farrow & Ball · NO. CB2 · ΔE 1.3
Diamond Vogel · 0336 · ΔE 0.93
Hirshfield's · 0336 · ΔE 0.83
Rodda · CA036 · ΔE 1.23
C2 Paint · C2-784 · ΔE 2.35
Clare · PNT100-LT-13 · ΔE 5.85
Portola Paints · SEVILLA · ΔE 3.14
Annie Sloan · PARIS GREY · ΔE 6.73
Backdrop · BD-BG · ΔE 12.18
Rust-Oleum · 285143 · ΔE 11.83
Kompozit · 0336 · ΔE 0.83
Warm Oak
#A07E58 · LRV 23 · Wood & Floors
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6138 · ΔE 3.17
Behr · S280-6 · ΔE 1.2
Benjamin Moore · CSP-290 · ΔE 1.58
Valspar · 8004-17F · ΔE 1.58
PPG / Glidden · PPG1080-6 · ΔE 1.73
Glidden · 00YY 22/241 · ΔE 1.2
Dutch Boy · 315-6DB · ΔE 1.19
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3192 · ΔE 3.17
Dunn-Edwards · DET483 · ΔE 1.87
Magnolia Home · JG-152 · ΔE 3.18
Farrow & Ball · NO. G6 · ΔE 4.2
Diamond Vogel · 0241 · ΔE 1.38
Hirshfield's · 0262 · ΔE 1.42
Rodda · R040 · ΔE 5
C2 Paint · BD38 · ΔE 4.35
Clare · PNT100-DP-52 · ΔE 11.89
Portola Paints · MIEL · ΔE 4.99
Annie Sloan · COCO · ΔE 7.68
Backdrop · BD-OS · ΔE 13.63
Rust-Oleum · 391446 · ΔE 13.51
Kompozit · 0262 · ΔE 1.42
Deep Teal
#1F4E4A · LRV 6 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6468 · ΔE 4.09
Behr · ECC-51-3 · ΔE 4.41
Benjamin Moore · 2053-10 · ΔE 3.71
Valspar · 5010-4 · ΔE 4.37
PPG / Glidden · PPG1148-7 · ΔE 7.21
Glidden · 30GG 06/113 · ΔE 5.59
Dutch Boy · 328-6DB · ΔE 4.09
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2291 · ΔE 4.09
Dunn-Edwards · DEA180 · ΔE 2.29
Magnolia Home · JG-97 · ΔE 14.89
Farrow & Ball · NO. 94 · ΔE 10.66
Diamond Vogel · 0473 · ΔE 8.52
Hirshfield's · 0690 · ΔE 5.47
Rodda · R090 · ΔE 15.25
C2 Paint · C2-694 · ΔE 6.36
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 16.47
Portola Paints · LOST HIGHWAY · ΔE 12.48
Annie Sloan · AUBUSSON BLUE · ΔE 10.29
Backdrop · BD-NE · ΔE 9.12
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 7.93
Kompozit · 0690 · ΔE 5.47

Questions

Why does seafoam work so well in a bathroom?

Seafoam is a soft green with a touch of blue, so it reads clean and fresh next to water and white tile. It feels calm in the morning and gentle at night, which is exactly what you want in a room you start and end the day in.

How much of the deep teal should I use?

Keep it small and let it punctuate the room. A vanity, a framed mirror, or a single painted door is plenty. The seafoam leads on the walls, the neutrals carry the rest, and the teal is just the deep note that ties it all down.

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