The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Shelter
Portola Paints · Lime Wash
A bedroom the color of moss after rain
Sea Salt
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6204
The color of sea glass
LRV
63
#8E9B8A
Hex
#CDD2CA
142 · 155 · 138
RGB
205 · 210 · 202
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Mossy grey-green; lichen on stone
Undertone
Pale green-grey that shifts toward blue in cool light; the color of sea glass
Greens
Family
Greens
Lime Wash
Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorShelter
1 roomThe difference
Read from the numbersBoth read cool. Both belong to the greens family.
How they read
In their own wordsShelter is a Portola Lime Wash in a mossy grey-green — and because it is a lime wash, not a paint, the color is cloudy and alive, drifting between pale sage and deep moss across a single wall. The finish is chalky and matte, and it takes light the way stone does.
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.