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Sage Bathroom Palette — Soft Sage & Warm Oak

A calm five-color bathroom scheme led by soft sage, with a warm greige backdrop, a clean trim white, an oak wood tone, and a deep forest accent — every color matched to real paint you can buy.

By Jessica Williams · Color Stylist & Interior Editor

Soft Sage
Walls
Kompozit Fair Maiden · 0456
#A5B3A5
LRV 43
Warm Greige
Cabinets or Vanity
Kompozit Mossy Shade · 0195
#DBD2C7
LRV 65
Clean White
Trim & Ceiling
Kompozit Cyprus Spring · 0411
#F2F2EA
LRV 88
Light Oak
Wood & Floors
Kompozit Gold Tweed · 0884
#C9AB73
LRV 43
Deep Forest
Accent
Kompozit Clover Patch · 0431
#464A3B
LRV 7
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Sage is having a long, well-deserved moment, and a bathroom is where it feels most at home. Soft Sage on the walls is gentle and grounded, the kind of color that turns a morning routine into something a little slower and calmer. It has just enough gray to stay grown-up, so it never tips into a nursery green.

Around it, Warm Greige on the vanity keeps things soft and lived-in, while Clean White on the trim and ceiling adds the crisp edge a bathroom needs. Light Oak brings in real warmth underfoot or in a floating wood shelf, balancing all that cool green with something tactile and natural.

Save Deep Forest for the smallest doses — a framed mirror, a vanity base, or a single painted door. One deep, leafy note is all it takes to give the whole room depth and make the sage feel intentional rather than washed out.

Buy These Colors

Each color matched to the closest real paint in every brand, by ΔE2000. Kompozit first; take any SKU to the store — these mix on demand.

Soft Sage
#A7B4A0 · LRV 43 · Walls
Kompozit Fair Maiden · 0456 ΔE 2.33
Backdrop Le Freak · BD-LF ΔE 3.31
Behr Confederate · N370-4 ΔE 2.27
Benjamin Moore Garden Path · 466 ΔE 0.75
Clare Money Moves · PNT100-MD-48 ΔE 4.15
Dunn-Edwards Graceful Green · DE6284 ΔE 2.36
Farrow & Ball Blue Gray · No. 91 ΔE 5.75
Magnolia Home Local Greenhouse · JG-68 ΔE 2.37
PPG / Glidden Gargoyle · 1127-4 ΔE 1.96
Sherwin-Williams Cascade Green · SW 66 ΔE 3.35
Valspar Green Trellis · 5006-3C ΔE 0.36
Warm Greige
#D8D1C4 · LRV 64 · Cabinets or Vanity
Kompozit Mossy Shade · 0195 ΔE 1.64
Backdrop Real Real · BD-RR ΔE 1.79
Behr Mineral · UL170-15 ΔE 1.39
Benjamin Moore Bruton White · CW-710 ΔE 1.65
Clare Turbinado · PNT100-LT-21 ΔE 2.34
Dunn-Edwards Fine Grain · DE6213 ΔE 1.01
Farrow & Ball Shaded White · No. 201 ΔE 1.7
Magnolia Home Stoneware Pieces · JG-55 ΔE 3.42
PPG / Glidden Cool Concrete · 1023-2 ΔE 1.06
Sherwin-Williams Natural Tan · SW 7567 ΔE 1.45
Valspar Warm Putty · 6006-1A ΔE 0.58
Clean White
#F4F1EA · LRV 88 · Trim & Ceiling
Kompozit Cyprus Spring · 0411 ΔE 1.67
Backdrop Tabula Rasa · BD-TR ΔE 2.02
Behr Nano White · HDC-MD-06 ΔE 1.4
Benjamin Moore Gardenia · AF-10 ΔE 0.21
Clare Wing It · PNT100-LT-24 ΔE 2.46
Dunn-Edwards Fossil · DE6225 ΔE 0.48
Farrow & Ball Wimborne White · No. 239 ΔE 1.78
Magnolia Home Silos White · JG-107 ΔE 0.68
PPG / Glidden Delicate White · 1001-1 ΔE 2.13
Sherwin-Williams White Flour · SW 7102 ΔE 1.48
Valspar Santa's Beard · 8007-6E ΔE 1.18
Light Oak
#C9A878 · LRV 42 · Wood & Floors
Kompozit Gold Tweed · 0884 ΔE 2.58
Backdrop Rosita · BD-RO ΔE 16.68
Behr Pelican Tan · S260-4 ΔE 1.88
Benjamin Moore Guesthouse · 1117 ΔE 1.25
Clare Good as Gold · PNT100-DP-59 ΔE 3.08
Dunn-Edwards Medallion · DEC729 ΔE 1.49
Farrow & Ball India Yellow · No. 66 ΔE 5.46
Magnolia Home Summer Pear · JG-44 ΔE 7.57
PPG / Glidden Burnt Ivory · 15-08 ΔE 1.88
Sherwin-Williams Vintage Gold · SW 9024 ΔE 1.84
Valspar Castell Harlech · 8003-21D ΔE 1.32
Deep Forest
#3A4A3C · LRV 6 · Accent
Kompozit Clover Patch · 0431 ΔE 5.5
Backdrop North End · BD-NE ΔE 1.01
Behr Black Bean · 790D-7 ΔE 3.2
Benjamin Moore Colonial Verdigris · CW-530 ΔE 5.57
Clare Blackish · PNT100-DP-54 ΔE 11.24
Dunn-Edwards Refined Green · DEA181 ΔE 6.59
Farrow & Ball Studio Green · No. 93 ΔE 7.81
Magnolia Home Arches · JG-97 ΔE 12.59
PPG / Glidden Dark As Night · 14-05 ΔE 7.87
Sherwin-Williams Dard Hunter Green · SW 41 ΔE 1.4
Valspar Deepest River · 5009-3 ΔE 4.77

Questions

Will sage make a small bathroom feel darker?

Not with a soft sage like this one. It carries enough gray to stay quiet and reads almost like a warm neutral in daylight, so it keeps a small room feeling restful rather than closed in.

What finish should I use on bathroom walls?

Reach for a satin or eggshell on the walls and a semi-gloss on trim and vanity. The light sheen wipes clean and shrugs off steam, which matters in a room that gets humid every day.

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