The Color Digest · Compare
Settled, side by side
Silver Satin
Benjamin Moore · OC-26
The off-white that knows when to disappear
Sea Salt
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6204
The color of sea glass
In real rooms
Every room, each colorThe difference
Read from the numbersSilver Satin is the lighter of the two at LRV 75.3, 12.3 points above Sea Salt at LRV 63. Silver Satin leans warm where Sea Salt reads cool. Silver Satin is a whites, Sea Salt a greens. For a whole room, Silver Satin is the safer, more forgiving choice thanks to its higher LRV, while Sea Salt is the bolder pick.
How they read
In their own wordsSilver Satin is the quiet professional of the off-white world — soft, low-chroma, and just warm enough to never read as stark. In a north-facing room it settles into a calm greige; in afternoon sun it lifts to a clean, milky white without ever turning yellow.
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.