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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

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.

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Soft Sage
Walls
Valspar Green Trellis · 5006-3C
#A7B49F
LRV 43
Warm Greige
Cabinets or Vanity
Valspar Warm Putty · 6006-1A
#DAD2C5
LRV 65
Clean White
Trim & Ceiling
Benjamin Moore Gardenia · AF-10
#F3F0E9
LRV 85
Light Oak
Wood & Floors
Behr Flax Straw · S300-4
#CBAA7D
LRV 43
Deep Forest
Accent
Backdrop North End · BD-NE
#3D4D3F
LRV 7

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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.

Soft Sage
#A7B4A0 · LRV 43 · Walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 66 · ΔE 3.35
Behr · N370-4 · ΔE 2.27
Benjamin Moore · 466 · ΔE 0.75
Valspar · 5006-3C · ΔE 0.36
PPG / Glidden · PPG1127-4 · ΔE 1.54
Glidden · PPG1127-4 · ΔE 1.96
Dutch Boy · 424-2DB · ΔE 2.91
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 3245 · ΔE 5.1
Dunn-Edwards · DET520 · ΔE 2.22
Magnolia Home · JG-68 · ΔE 2.37
Farrow & Ball · NO. 91 · ΔE 4.51
Diamond Vogel · 0456 · ΔE 2.71
Hirshfield's · 0456 · ΔE 2.33
Rodda · CA170 · ΔE 4.95
C2 Paint · C2-700 · ΔE 2.33
Clare · PNT100-MD-48 · ΔE 4.15
Portola Paints · ABERDEEN · ΔE 6.51
Annie Sloan · DUCK EGG BLUE · ΔE 3.98
Backdrop · BD-LF · ΔE 3.31
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 5.59
Kompozit · 0456 · ΔE 2.33
Warm Greige
#D8D1C4 · LRV 64 · Cabinets or Vanity
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9616 · ΔE 0.86
Behr · DC-011 · ΔE 1.06
Benjamin Moore · CW-710 · ΔE 1.65
Valspar · 6006-1A · ΔE 0.58
PPG / Glidden · PPG14-30 · ΔE 1.26
Glidden · PPG1023-2 · ΔE 1.06
Dutch Boy · 420-1DB · ΔE 1.32
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4019 · ΔE 1.45
Dunn-Edwards · DE6213 · ΔE 1.01
Magnolia Home · JG-55 · ΔE 3.42
Farrow & Ball · NO. 300 · ΔE 1.53
Diamond Vogel · H103 · ΔE 1.64
Hirshfield's · 0195 · ΔE 1.64
Rodda · CA031 · ΔE 0.93
C2 Paint · C2-801 · ΔE 1.3
Clare · PNT100-LT-21 · ΔE 2.34
Portola Paints · FIGUEROA · ΔE 1
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 7.83
Backdrop · BD-RR · ΔE 1.79
Rust-Oleum · 285142 · ΔE 10.03
Kompozit · 0195 · ΔE 1.64
Clean White
#F4F1EA · LRV 88 · Trim & Ceiling
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9503 · ΔE 1.33
Behr · PR-W14 · ΔE 0.61
Benjamin Moore · AF-10 · ΔE 0.21
Valspar · 8007-6E · ΔE 1.18
PPG / Glidden · PPG0998-1 · ΔE 1.25
Glidden · 61YY 89/040 · ΔE 0.96
Dutch Boy · 004W · ΔE 0.51
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4002 · ΔE 0.95
Dunn-Edwards · DE6225 · ΔE 0.48
Magnolia Home · JG-107 · ΔE 0.68
Farrow & Ball · NO. 239 · ΔE 2.02
Diamond Vogel · 0411 · ΔE 1.25
Hirshfield's · 0411 · ΔE 1.67
Rodda · R001 · ΔE 2.14
C2 Paint · C2-820 · ΔE 0.6
Clare · PNT100-LT-24 · ΔE 2.46
Portola Paints · ORIGAMI · ΔE 1.14
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 13.41
Backdrop · BD-TR · ΔE 2.02
Rust-Oleum · 285140 · ΔE 4.71
Kompozit · 0411 · ΔE 1.67
Light Oak
#C9A878 · LRV 42 · Wood & Floors
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9024 · ΔE 1.84
Behr · S300-4 · ΔE 1.03
Benjamin Moore · 1117 · ΔE 1.25
Valspar · 8003-21D · ΔE 1.32
PPG / Glidden · PPG15-08 · ΔE 1.66
Glidden · PPG15-08 · ΔE 1.88
Dutch Boy · 217-4DB · ΔE 2.08
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2174 · ΔE 1.84
Dunn-Edwards · DEC729 · ΔE 1.49
Magnolia Home · JG-44 · ΔE 7.57
Farrow & Ball · NO. 53 · ΔE 2.38
Diamond Vogel · 0246 · ΔE 1.47
Hirshfield's · 0884 · ΔE 2.58
Rodda · CA119 · ΔE 2.95
C2 Paint · C2-858 · ΔE 1.35
Clare · PNT100-DP-59 · ΔE 3.08
Portola Paints · PIXIE · ΔE 8.44
Annie Sloan · VERSAILLES · ΔE 6.71
Backdrop · BD-RO · ΔE 16.68
Rust-Oleum · 371674 · ΔE 14.25
Kompozit · 0884 · ΔE 2.58
Deep Forest
#3A4A3C · LRV 6 · Accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 41 · ΔE 1.4
Behr · 790D-7 · ΔE 3.2
Benjamin Moore · CC-692 · ΔE 4.98
Valspar · 5009-3 · ΔE 4.77
PPG / Glidden · PPG14-05 · ΔE 7.87
Glidden · 30GG 06/113 · ΔE 4.52
Dutch Boy · 327-7DB · ΔE 1.4
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 2291 · ΔE 6.37
Dunn-Edwards · DEA181 · ΔE 6.59
Magnolia Home · JG-97 · ΔE 12.59
Farrow & Ball · NO. 94 · ΔE 5.66
Diamond Vogel · H098 · ΔE 8.44
Hirshfield's · 0431 · ΔE 5.5
Rodda · R090 · ΔE 11.64
C2 Paint · C2-694 · ΔE 3.33
Clare · PNT100-DP-54 · ΔE 11.24
Portola Paints · NOSTALGIA · ΔE 9.51
Annie Sloan · AUBUSSON BLUE · ΔE 12.11
Backdrop · BD-NE · ΔE 1.01
Rust-Oleum · 391445 · ΔE 5.42
Kompozit · 0431 · ΔE 5.5

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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