Sea Wind
Sea Wind is a bright and airy White from Benjamin Moore. Our real-world data shows it is a primary choice when homeowners need to maximize natural light while maintaining a clean, neutral backdrop. Below, you'll find 4 examples of this shade in actual homes along with suggested color relationships.
Hex
#E1DFCF
LRV
71.46
Sea Wind in Real Rooms
Sea Wind has a high LRV of 71.46 — 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 White family, the photos below show it applied in a home office and misc.
3 Home Office Photos
The psychology of home office color matters more than most people acknowledge. Sea Wind is calm without being inert — it creates the kind of visual quiet that supports sustained focus. Lean into darker wood tones; avoid white furniture, which will compete for attention.
Home office walls painted Sea Wind inspire focus and creative productivity.
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Wooden desk and shelving sit against walls painted in soft Sea Wind.
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A desk lamp casts warm light across a workspace with Sea Wind walls.
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1 Misc Photo
These photos show Sea Wind in spaces that don't fit neatly into a single category: transitional spaces, accent applications, and rooms where the color becomes a fine detail rather than a broad backdrop.
Soft Sea Wind paint creates a calm, neutral backdrop for any room.
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Coordinating Colors
Mountain Peak White reflects far more light (LRV 89 vs 71), opening up a space where Sea Wind encloses it.
Cloud White reflects far more light (LRV 85 vs 71), opening up a space where Sea Wind encloses it.
Sea Wind reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 40), opening up a space where Nantucket Gray encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 71), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Sea Wind reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 9), opening up a space where Approaching Storm encloses it.
Sea Wind reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 12), opening up a space where Evening Dove encloses it.
Sea Wind reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 14), opening up a space where Blue Gaspe encloses it.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 69), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Sea Wind reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 18), opening up a space where French Violet encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 74 vs 71), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 71 vs 71), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Darker Colors
Sea Wind reflects far more light (LRV 71 vs 50), opening up a space where Lichen Stone encloses it.
At LRV 71 vs 57, Sea Wind is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 71 vs 55, Sea Wind is decisively the brighter choice.
A 5-point LRV gap (71 vs 66) makes Sea Wind the marginally brighter of the two.
