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Apricot Pink & Sage Color Scheme

A soft apricot pink warmed up by garden-green sage and a calm cream, this trio feels fresh, cheerful, and grown-up all at once. Every shade is matched to real paint you can buy.

By David Chen · Formulation Lead & Resident Chemist

Start with Apricot Pink, a soft peachy tone that brings instant warmth without shouting. It glows in daylight and turns cozy under lamps, so a space wrapped in it feels welcoming any time of day. The reason it works so well here is balance: a warm color this gentle wants something fresh and a little cool beside it, and that is exactly where the green comes in.

That partner is Muted Sage, a calm gray-green that feels like it walked in from the garden. It cools the apricot down just enough to keep things grown-up, and it looks lovely on trim, doors, or built-ins. To tie it all together, Soft Cream steps in as the quiet accent, washing over a ceiling or a few details to keep the whole scheme light and airy. The mix is flexible too, so you can carry it across a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, or pull it through a whole home for a soft, cheerful thread that runs room to room.

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Apricot Pink
walls
Diamond Vogel Apricot Spring · 1036
#EFB698
LRV 54
Muted Sage
trim
Dutch Boy Sprig of Green · 326-4DB
#9BA689
LRV 36
Soft Cream
accent
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams Tint of Honey · HGSW 1187
#F1EAD8
LRV 82

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Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Tap a swatch for its full guide or + to save it — take any SKU to the store, they mix on demand.

Apricot Pink
#EEB79B · LRV 54 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7706 · ΔE 2.55
Behr · 280C-3 · ΔE 2.57
Benjamin Moore · 2175-50 · ΔE 1.46
Valspar · 8002-12B · ΔE 3.27
PPG / Glidden · PPG1195-4 · ΔE 1.02
Glidden · PPG1195-4 · ΔE 1.02
Dutch Boy · 107-4DB · ΔE 1.2
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2096 · ΔE 3.4
Dunn-Edwards · DE5213 · ΔE 2.49
Magnolia Home · JG-26 · ΔE 7.17
Farrow & Ball · NO. 9801 · ΔE 3.89
Diamond Vogel · 1036 · ΔE 0.7
Hirshfield's · 1036 · ΔE 1.83
Rodda · CA125 · ΔE 8.46
C2 Paint · C2-544 · ΔE 4.38
Clare · PNT100-LT-60 · ΔE 8.78
Portola Paints · ANGEL'S LANDING · ΔE 6.21
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 11.8
Backdrop · BD-BG · ΔE 5.7
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 13.21
Kompozit · 1036 · ΔE 1.83
Muted Sage
#9FAA8E · LRV 38 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 6192 · ΔE 3.96
Behr · PMD-36 · ΔE 1.66
Benjamin Moore · 473 · ΔE 2.78
Valspar · 5007-3C · ΔE 1.54
PPG / Glidden · PPG1123-5 · ΔE 4.78
Glidden · 10GY 39/136 · ΔE 2.27
Dutch Boy · 326-4DB · ΔE 1.27
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3255 · ΔE 3.96
Dunn-Edwards · DET516 · ΔE 3.36
Magnolia Home · JG-166 · ΔE 8.94
Farrow & Ball · NO. 80 · ΔE 3.67
Diamond Vogel · 0435 · ΔE 2.21
Hirshfield's · 0744 · ΔE 3.42
Rodda · R063 · ΔE 3.56
C2 Paint · C2-925 · ΔE 6.46
Clare · PNT100-MD-58 · ΔE 5.67
Portola Paints · BOONDOCKS · ΔE 13.63
Annie Sloan · DUCK EGG BLUE · ΔE 5.64
Backdrop · BD-LF · ΔE 2.69
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 3.92
Kompozit · 0744 · ΔE 3.42
Soft Cream
#F2EAD8 · LRV 83 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7558 · ΔE 0.97
Behr · N290-1 · ΔE 0.73
Benjamin Moore · 912 · ΔE 0.54
Valspar · 8003-25A · ΔE 0.82
PPG / Glidden · PPG1100-2 · ΔE 1.16
Glidden · PPG1103-1 · ΔE 1.02
Dutch Boy · 007W · ΔE 0.81
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 1187 · ΔE 0.49
Dunn-Edwards · DEW336 · ΔE 0.93
Magnolia Home · JG-33 · ΔE 1.84
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2002 · ΔE 0.95
Diamond Vogel · 0009 · ΔE 0.51
Hirshfield's · 0009 · ΔE 0.5
Rodda · CA006 · ΔE 0.9
C2 Paint · C2-563 · ΔE 0.81
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 1.62
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 0.74
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 9.55
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 2.25
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 3.3
Kompozit · 0009 · ΔE 0.5

Questions

What colors go with apricot pink?

Soft greens are its best friend, which is why a muted sage sits so happily next to it here. A warm cream keeps the pair from feeling too sweet, and you could also lean on natural wood or brass to ground it.

Is apricot pink too bold for a whole space?

Not at all. This apricot is gentle and peachy rather than bright, so it reads as a warm neutral over a big wall. The sage and cream balance it out, so the room feels soft and easy, not loud.

What undertones should I watch with this combo?

The apricot leans warm and the sage is a little gray-green, so they stay friendly together. Just make sure your cream feels warm too, since a cold white can make the pink look chalky.

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