The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Sea Salt
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6204
The color of sea glass
Kennebunkport Green
Benjamin Moore · HC-123
The green of a summer house in Maine
In real rooms
Every room, each colorKennebunkport Green
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersSea Salt is the lighter of the two at LRV 63, 31.7 points above Kennebunkport Green at LRV 31.32. Sea Salt leans cool where Kennebunkport Green reads warm. Both belong to the greens family. For a whole room, Sea Salt is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Kennebunkport Green is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsSea 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.
Kennebunkport Green is a soft, greyed sage-olive from Benjamin Moore's Historical Colors — the green of hedges seen in shade rather than sun. At LRV 31 it is a true mid-tone: a color, not a neutral, but a gentle one that never shouts.