Sea Salt
Sea Salt is a versatile and reflective Gray from Benjamin Moore. Our real-world data shows it is a primary choice when homeowners need to provide a clean, timeless feel that works across various lighting conditions. Below, you'll find 11 examples of this shade in actual homes along with suggested color relationships.
Hex
#D4CFC3
LRV
61.09
Sea Salt in Real Rooms
Sea Salt has a high LRV of 61.09 — it reflects a lot of light and will read pale and airy in most spaces. It's neutral in temperature, making it adaptable across different lighting conditions and room orientations. Grouped in the Gray and Neutral family, the photos below show it applied in a bathroom, kitchen cabinets, living room, kitchen and misc.
6 Bathroom Photos
Small bathrooms amplify whatever color is on the wall, which makes the choice more consequential than it first appears. Sea Salt has enough depth to register without closing the room in, and it plays well with white subway tile or warm wood accents.
Bathroom walls in Sea Salt evoke a coastal spa feel.
@turkinteriors
1 Kitchen Cabinets Photo
When you use Sea Salt on cabinetry, you're embracing furniture-grade sophistication. It elevates standard cupboards into something that feels custom-built, especially when paired with a satin or semi-gloss finish that lets the light catch the edges of the doors.
Kitchen cabinetry in Sea Salt keeps the space light and airy.
@jldesignsphilly
2 Living Room Photos
When applied to living room walls, Sea Salt creates a sense of "visual quiet." It eliminates the erratic shadows found in busier spaces, instead providing a steady, rhythmic tone that ties together disparate furniture styles. It's the common thread that makes a room full of heirlooms and modern pieces feel like a cohesive collection.
Walls in Sea Salt complement soft living room furnishings.
@suzannefalkinteriordesign
Hallway walls in Sea Salt connect rooms with cohesion.
@tlandryinteriors
1 Kitchen Photo
Sea Salt is particularly effective in kitchens with a lot of natural light. It tempers the glare from sun hitting polished surfaces, providing a matte-like visual anchor that keeps the room feeling grounded even during the brightest parts of the day.
Kitchen walls in Sea Salt create a bright, welcoming space.
@dpinteriors_
1 Misc Photo
These examples of Sea Salt in transitional spaces—like entryways or landings—show how the color can act as a "thread" that ties the upper and lower floors of a house together into one cohesive story.
Cabinet doors painted Sea Salt add timeless appeal.
@jldesignsphilly
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 90 vs 61, Chantilly Lace is decisively the brighter choice.
Sea Salt reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 16), opening up a space where Arctic Seal encloses it.
Grandma's China reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Similar Colors
A 4-point LRV gap (66 vs 61) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
With LRVs of 62 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 61 vs 58), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Sea Salt reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 24), opening up a space where Bachelor Blue encloses it.
Sea Salt reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 28), opening up a space where Mineral Alloy encloses it.
At LRV 61 vs 14, Sea Salt is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
With LRVs of 63 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 63 and 61, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 62 vs 61), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Light Pewter reads slightly lighter (LRV 68 vs 61), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 78 vs 61, Lacey Pearl is decisively the brighter choice.
Darker Colors
A 10-point LRV gap (61 vs 51) makes Sea Salt the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 42, Sea Salt is decisively the brighter choice.
Sea Salt reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 46), opening up a space where Urban Sophisticate encloses it.
Sea Salt reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 40), opening up a space where Clarksville Gray encloses it.