The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Catalina Blue
Benjamin Moore · 703
A coastal blue that leans quietly green
Sea Salt
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6204
The color of sea glass
In real rooms
Every room, each colorCatalina Blue
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersSea Salt is the lighter of the two at LRV 63, 15 points above Catalina Blue at LRV 48. Both read cool. Catalina Blue is a blues, Sea Salt a greens. For a whole room, Sea Salt is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Catalina Blue is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsDespite the name, Catalina Blue lives in the soft territory where blue meets green. It is a muted, sea-glass color — grey enough to stay calm, green enough to feel coastal — that shifts between blue and sage depending on the light it's given.
Sea Salt is a soft green-grey that changes its mind with the light: green in a sunny room, blue-grey in a shaded one. At LRV 63 it is light enough for a whole room and quiet enough to live with for years, which is why it has become a modern classic for bedrooms and bathrooms.