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Sage & Cream Bathroom Color Scheme

A calm, spa-like bathroom palette built on soft sage and warm cream, grounded by deep forest and crisp white. Every shade is matched to real paint you can buy.

By David Chen · Formulation Lead & Resident Chemist

Start with Soft Sage on the vanity and cabinets. It is a quiet, grayed green that instantly makes a bathroom feel like a spa, the kind of color that slows you down in the morning. Because it stays soft and a little muted, it never fights you. It just sits there looking calm and natural, like a leaf rather than a bright crayon.

Wrap the walls in Warm Cream so the room glows softly and the sage has room to breathe. Then bring in Deep Forest for the small moments that earn a deeper color, like a framed mirror, a shelf, or a band of tile. Finish the trim and woodwork in Clean White to keep the edges crisp. So it goes like this: sage on the cabinets, cream on the walls, white on the trim, and deep forest saved for one accent that ties it all together.

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Soft Sage
cabinets
Valspar Green Trellis · 5006-3C
#A7B49F
LRV 43
Warm Cream
walls
Glidden Purity · PPG14-20
#EFE9DA
LRV 82
Deep Forest
accent
Backdrop North End · BD-NE
#3D4D3F
LRV 7
Clean White
trim
Benjamin Moore Gardenia · AF-10
#F3F0E9
LRV 85

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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 · cabinets
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 Cream
#EFE9DA · LRV 82 · walls
Sherwin-Williams · SW 7012 · ΔE 1.13
Behr · ECC-36-2 · ΔE 1.17
Benjamin Moore · CSP-245 · ΔE 0.52
Valspar · 8003-25A · ΔE 1.4
PPG / Glidden · PPG1103-1 · ΔE 0.45
Glidden · PPG14-20 · ΔE 0
Dutch Boy · 008W · ΔE 0.49
HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams · HGSW 4033 · ΔE 1.13
Dunn-Edwards · DE6190 · ΔE 0.99
Magnolia Home · JG-23 · ΔE 0.86
Farrow & Ball · NO. 2002 · ΔE 0.81
Diamond Vogel · 0362 · ΔE 0.56
Hirshfield's · 0362 · ΔE 0.75
Rodda · R127 · ΔE 0.79
C2 Paint · C2-580 · ΔE 0.56
Clare · PNT100-LT-62 · ΔE 2.32
Portola Paints · CASA FORMA · ΔE 1.43
Annie Sloan · OLD OCHRE · ΔE 10.21
Backdrop · BD-DS · ΔE 3.25
Rust-Oleum · 329598 · ΔE 3.82
Kompozit · 0362 · ΔE 0.75
Deep Forest
#3A4A3C · LRV 6 · accent
Sherwin-Williams · SW 41 · ΔE 1.4
Behr · 790D-7 · ΔE 3.2
Benjamin Moore · CW-530 · ΔE 5.57
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. 93 · ΔE 7.81
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
Clean White
#F4F1EA · LRV 88 · trim
Sherwin-Williams · SW 9503 · ΔE 1.33
Behr · PWN-15 · ΔE 0.52
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

Questions

Is sage too dark for a small bathroom?

Soft Sage is a gentle, grayed green, so it stays light and airy even in a small room. Keep it on the vanity and let the cream walls carry the brightness, and the space will still feel open.

Will this scheme feel cold in a bathroom?

Not at all. The cream and sage both lean warm, so the room reads soft and soothing rather than chilly. The deep forest accent adds a little richness without making anything feel heavy.

What finish works best on the sage vanity?

A satin or semi-gloss holds up well to splashes and steam and wipes clean easily. It also gives the sage a soft sheen that feels calm rather than flat.

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