The Color Digest · Compare

Settled, side by side

Pleat

Little Greene · No. 280

Teal in a tweed jacket

Sea Salt

Sherwin-Williams · SW 6204

The color of sea glass

LRV
63
#5F7A75
Hex
#CDD2CA
95 · 122 · 117
RGB
205 · 210 · 202
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Deep teal-green with grey; the color of old copper roofs
Undertone
Pale green-grey that shifts toward blue in cool light; the color of sea glass
Greens
Family
Greens
Colour Scales
Collection

In real rooms

Every room, each color

Pleat

1 room
PleatLittle Greene No. 280
All 1 room

Sea Salt

5 rooms
All 5 rooms

The difference

Read from the numbers

Both read cool. Both belong to the greens family.

How they read

In their own words

Pleat is a deep, grey-softened teal from Little Greene — blue-green with enough grey to feel tailored rather than tropical. It is the color of a copper roof that has weathered for a century, and it is one of the best colors there is for tongue-and-groove panelling.

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.

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