Farrow & Ball

Salt

No. CC5

Salt by Farrow & Ball is a near-white with faint grey undertones that keep it from reading as stark. Its hex value is #E6E4E1, and with an LRV of 89.5 it reflects a large amount of light, making it well suited for ceilings, small rooms, and north-facing spaces where brightness matters. The tone stays neutral across most lighting conditions, leaning only slightly cool.

It works cleanly alongside Farrow & Ball colors like Ammonite, Wevet, Cornforth White, Purbeck Stone, and Skimming Stone for layered neutral schemes.

Buy Paint Online Try AI Designer

Brand

Farrow & Ball

Code

No. CC5

Salt in Different Light

Light temperature is measured in Kelvin: a warm 2700K bulb pulls colors toward yellow, while 5000K daylight reads cooler and truer. Check the color at the time of day you actually use the room.

Artificial Lighting

Bedroom scene to simulate Farrow & Ball Salt under artificial light

Light Temperature: 2700K

Natural Lighting

Living room scene to simulate Farrow & Ball Salt under natural light

Light Temperature: 4500K

Technical Specifications

Undertones

Type

Orange

Strength

Low

Temperature

neutral

Hue Angle

36°

Orange Family

Lightness

89%

Light

Saturation

Very Muted

LRV

89.5

0%100%

Very Dark

Dark

Medium

Light

Very Light

White

LRV measures how much light a color reflects, from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white). Below about 50 a color needs good lighting to avoid going flat, 60 and up helps brighten a room, and most whites sit above 80.

Color Position

Saturation →

Lightness →

Color Codes

HEX

#E6E4E1

RGB Decimal

230, 228, 225

RGB Percent

90.2%, 89.4%, 88.2%

HSL

36.0, 9.1%, 89.2%

HSV

36.0, 2.2%, 90.2%

CMYK

0.0%, 0.9%, 2.2%, 9.8%

YIQ

228.3, 2.2, -0.5

XYZ

73.97, 77.75, 82.34

CIE Lab

90.66, 0.15, 1.69

CIE Luv

90.66, 1.30, 2.55

Hunter Lab

88.17, 0.15, 1.68

Decimal

15131873

Coordinating Colors and Color Palettes

Darker Shades

Monochromatic dark

Salt Wish Upper West Side Cathedral Gray

Lighter Shades

Monochromatic light

Salt Glacial Ice Snowbound Silver Feather

Complementary

Opposite on color wheel

Salt Arctic Dawn Cube Farm Sueded Gray

Analogous

Adjacent colors

Salt Cascade Mountains Hint of Violet White Sash

Closest Paint Matches

Cross-brand matches are close, never exact. Each brand uses different bases and sheens, so sample before you buy gallons.

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Valspar

Whisper Softly

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Benjamin Moore

Calm

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Glidden

Arctic Cotton

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Valspar

Friendly Ghost

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Valspar

Winter Dawn

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Behr

Fading Fog

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Glidden

Willow Springs

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Benjamin Moore

American White

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Valspar

Transparent

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Valspar

White Wool

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Glidden

Gray Whisper

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Benjamin Moore

Lacey Pearl

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Sherwin Williams

Ice Cube

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Valspar

Subtle

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Behr

Mystical Mist

Farrow & Ball

Salt

Glidden

Aria