Complementary
Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.
Sage
#9CAF88Sage is commonly given as the hex color #9CAF88, with RGB values 156, 175, 136. It is not a CSS keyword, so the value is a widely used convention rather than a standard.
Palette image
Every swatch on this page, as one image you can save or share.
Sage color codes
Every value for #9CAF88, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.
| Channel | Decimal | Share | Hex | Octal | Binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 156 | 61.18% | 9C | 234 | 10011100 |
| Green | 175 | 68.63% | AF | 257 | 10101111 |
| Blue | 136 | 53.33% | 88 | 210 | 10001000 |
The nearest web-safe color is #999999, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.
Shades, tints and tones
Every step is generated from #9CAF88. Click a swatch to copy its hex.
Shades of sage
A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.
Tints of sage
A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.
Tones of sage
A tone is the base color with gray mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.
The sage scale
The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #9CAF88 at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.
The green family
Sage sits in the green family. Every named green in the library, with sage first.
| Swatch | Name | Hex | RGB | HSL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| is the color on this page | #9CAF88 | 156, 175, 136 | 89, 20%, 61% | |
| Green is a CSS keyword | #008000 | 0, 128, 0 | 120, 100%, 25% | |
| Emerald | #50C878 | 80, 200, 120 | 140, 52%, 55% | |
| Olive is a CSS keyword | #808000 | 128, 128, 0 | 60, 100%, 25% | |
| Mint | #98FF98 | 152, 255, 152 | 120, 100%, 80% | |
| Forest green is a CSS keyword | #228B22 | 34, 139, 34 | 120, 61%, 34% | |
| Jade | #00A86B | 0, 168, 107 | 158, 100%, 33% | |
| Lime is a CSS keyword | #00FF00 | 0, 255, 0 | 120, 100%, 50% | |
| Seafoam | #93E9BE | 147, 233, 190 | 150, 66%, 75% | |
| Moss | #8A9A5B | 138, 154, 91 | 75, 26%, 48% | |
| Chartreuse is a CSS keyword | #7FFF00 | 127, 255, 0 | 90, 100%, 50% | |
| Sea green is a CSS keyword | #2E8B57 | 46, 139, 87 | 146, 50%, 36% | |
| Olive drab is a CSS keyword | #6B8E23 | 107, 142, 35 | 80, 60%, 35% | |
| Hunter green | #355E3B | 53, 94, 59 | 129, 28%, 29% | |
| Pistachio | #93C572 | 147, 197, 114 | 96, 42%, 61% | |
| Dark green is a CSS keyword | #006400 | 0, 100, 0 | 120, 100%, 20% | |
| Light green is a CSS keyword | #90EE90 | 144, 238, 144 | 120, 73%, 75% | |
| Spring green is a CSS keyword | #00FF7F | 0, 255, 127 | 150, 100%, 50% | |
| Medium spring green is a CSS keyword | #00FA9A | 0, 250, 154 | 157, 100%, 49% | |
| Lime green is a CSS keyword | #32CD32 | 50, 205, 50 | 120, 61%, 50% | |
| Yellow green is a CSS keyword | #9ACD32 | 154, 205, 50 | 80, 61%, 50% | |
| Green yellow is a CSS keyword | #ADFF2F | 173, 255, 47 | 84, 100%, 59% |
Color schemes built on sage
Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.
Analogous
Three neighbors on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how color behaves in nature.
Split complementary
The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.
Triadic
Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.
Monochromatic
One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.
Colors close to #9CAF88
Near neighbors, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.
Sage color palettes
Five-color palettes built around #9CAF88, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.
Analogous
Complementary
Triadic
Monochromatic
Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.
Green gradients
5 ready-made green gradients, each with every stop written as a hex you can edit.
Contrast and readability
Whether sage works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.
Sage text on white background
2.36:1 · PoorLarge text at 24 pixels
Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.
- Body AA
- Body AAA
- Large AA
- Large AAA
Sage text on black background
8.9:1 · ExcellentLarge text at 24 pixels
Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.
- Body AA
- Body AAA
- Large AA
- Large AAA
Used the other way round, #9CAF88 as a background takes #000000 text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.
Sage reads better on a black background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.
Sage against your project
About sage
Green with gray mixed in, named after the herb. The grayness is the whole point: it is the version of green that can cover a wall without dominating a room.
- Family
- Green, 5th lightest of 22 greens
- Web-safe
- is the nearest
- Closest keyword
- darkseagreen, at #8FBC8F
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