Sage Grey Color

#9ea49d

Sage Grey is pale, warm-toned shade of warm green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool magenta, warm red or cool blue

Inverse Color #615b62
Complementary Color #a39ca4
Color Shade: warm green (111.43° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 62.94% (better contrasting with white)
Sage Grey Color Sample
Sage Grey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #9ea49d

If you're looking for a similar warm green shade, there are some better alternatives to Sage Grey Color. The Rockfall color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a yellow green bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Valley Hills (#848a83) for more calm effect. Try Silver Linden Grey as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#a39ca4 is the best complementary color to Sage Grey. Cool magenta shades generally complement the warm green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #9ea49d complementary color is Mountain Mist, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool yellow, warm green, and cool green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Bud are #a1a49c and #9ca49f. Thus found on the left and right of #9ea49d on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Delta and Pewter colors as they work well with Sage Grey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Sage Grey palette consists of #a49ca1 and #9f9ca4 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#a39ca4). Try Shady Lady and Mountain Mist colors in combination with #9ea49d, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #9ea49d offers a combination of cool red and cool blue shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Sage Grey. Thus Dusty Gray and Santas Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Sage Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Mountain Mist, Gray Chateau, and Cloudy split by 90° on the color wheel. #9ea49d square combo is a palette of warm green, cool cyan, cool magenta and warm red shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Sage Grey tetradic combo consists of cool magenta complementary color (#a39ca4) and two others. The Santas Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Delta – 120° from the complementary Mountain Mist. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9c9da4 and #a4a39c.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #9ea49d is made of 33% red, 34% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Sage Grey has a hue angle of 111.43°, a saturation of 3.7% and a lightness of 62.94%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #9ea49d is made of 2.35% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.74% yellow and 35.69% black ink.

HEX #9ea49d
RGB Decimal rgb(158,164,157)
RGB Percentage 33%, 34%, 33%
CMYK 2.35, 0, 2.74, 35.69
HSL hsl(111.43,3.7%,62.94%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(111.43,4.27%,64.31%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.7138,-3.4716,2.8784)
XYZ xyz(33.4618,36.2543,37.1324)
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