Sage and Terracotta color palette
darkseagreen · 0.036
chocolate · 0.029
Warm afternoon light on a garden wall is the feeling here, settled and lived-in. Sage #9CAF88 is a soft, dusty green; Terracotta #C66B3D is the warmth of fired clay. Their sit 83 degrees apart, enough to read as a real green-orange pairing, but both are muted, so it stays calm rather than punchy. The is only 1.6 to 1, so treat them as neighbors, not text on background; their blend is a muted olive-brown (#B68F64), a good border between them.
For weddings it reads autumnal, good for outdoor table settings. In interiors it suits clay pots against greenery and warm plaster walls; for branding, ceramics studios and small-batch food brands.
See Sage and Terracotta in use
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Sage Tailwind scale (50-900)
Terracotta Tailwind scale (50-900)
Sage to Terracotta blend
A continuous interpolation from Sage to Terracotta, sampled into the 10 steps below. Tap any swatch to copy its hex.
Why Sage and Terracotta blend best in OKLab
The same two colors blended three ways. This site uses OKLab, which keeps the blend smooth and evenly lit. The other two are shown so you can see what to avoid: sRGB darkens and muddies the middle, and HSL detours through colors that are not in your palette.
Accessibility
Do not place Sage text on Terracotta (or the reverse) for body copy. For readable text, pair a dark scale step such as sage-800 or terracotta-900 with a light one like terracotta-50.
Contrast pairing grid
Rows are Sage steps, columns are Terracotta steps. Each mark is a Sage step shown on a Terracotta step: a check means it clears WCAG AA for text (4.5:1). If you can read the mark, the pairing is legible.
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| 800 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 900 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
✓ passes AA ✗ fails AA
Copy for Tailwind
Tailwind v4 — @theme (paste into your CSS)
@theme {
--color-sage-50: #F9FAF8;
--color-sage-100: #F3F5F0;
--color-sage-200: #E9EDE4;
--color-sage-300: #DAE2D3;
--color-sage-400: #C7D3BD;
--color-sage-500: #9CAF88;
--color-sage-600: #7F8F6E;
--color-sage-700: #5F6B52;
--color-sage-800: #363D2E;
--color-sage-900: #151811;
--color-terracotta-50: #FCF6F3;
--color-terracotta-100: #FAEDE7;
--color-terracotta-200: #F5DED4;
--color-terracotta-300: #EECAB9;
--color-terracotta-400: #E3AE95;
--color-terracotta-500: #C66B3D;
--color-terracotta-600: #A25630;
--color-terracotta-700: #7A3F22;
--color-terracotta-800: #472210;
--color-terracotta-900: #1D0B03;
}
Tailwind v3 — tailwind.config.js
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'sage': {
50: '#F9FAF8',
100: '#F3F5F0',
200: '#E9EDE4',
300: '#DAE2D3',
400: '#C7D3BD',
500: '#9CAF88',
600: '#7F8F6E',
700: '#5F6B52',
800: '#363D2E',
900: '#151811',
},
'terracotta': {
50: '#FCF6F3',
100: '#FAEDE7',
200: '#F5DED4',
300: '#EECAB9',
400: '#E3AE95',
500: '#C66B3D',
600: '#A25630',
700: '#7A3F22',
800: '#472210',
900: '#1D0B03',
},
},
},
},
};
CSS variables
:root {
--sage-50: #F9FAF8;
--sage-100: #F3F5F0;
--sage-200: #E9EDE4;
--sage-300: #DAE2D3;
--sage-400: #C7D3BD;
--sage-500: #9CAF88;
--sage-600: #7F8F6E;
--sage-700: #5F6B52;
--sage-800: #363D2E;
--sage-900: #151811;
--terracotta-50: #FCF6F3;
--terracotta-100: #FAEDE7;
--terracotta-200: #F5DED4;
--terracotta-300: #EECAB9;
--terracotta-400: #E3AE95;
--terracotta-500: #C66B3D;
--terracotta-600: #A25630;
--terracotta-700: #7A3F22;
--terracotta-800: #472210;
--terracotta-900: #1D0B03;
}SCSS variables
$sage-50: #F9FAF8; $sage-100: #F3F5F0; $sage-200: #E9EDE4; $sage-300: #DAE2D3; $sage-400: #C7D3BD; $sage-500: #9CAF88; $sage-600: #7F8F6E; $sage-700: #5F6B52; $sage-800: #363D2E; $sage-900: #151811; $terracotta-50: #FCF6F3; $terracotta-100: #FAEDE7; $terracotta-200: #F5DED4; $terracotta-300: #EECAB9; $terracotta-400: #E3AE95; $terracotta-500: #C66B3D; $terracotta-600: #A25630; $terracotta-700: #7A3F22; $terracotta-800: #472210; $terracotta-900: #1D0B03;
JSON tokens
{
"sage": {
"50": "#F9FAF8",
"100": "#F3F5F0",
"200": "#E9EDE4",
"300": "#DAE2D3",
"400": "#C7D3BD",
"500": "#9CAF88",
"600": "#7F8F6E",
"700": "#5F6B52",
"800": "#363D2E",
"900": "#151811"
},
"terracotta": {
"50": "#FCF6F3",
"100": "#FAEDE7",
"200": "#F5DED4",
"300": "#EECAB9",
"400": "#E3AE95",
"500": "#C66B3D",
"600": "#A25630",
"700": "#7A3F22",
"800": "#472210",
"900": "#1D0B03"
}
}How we name colors
There is no single official authority for naming colors. We use the common, widely recognized name as the primary label for each color (here, Sage and Terracotta); many common names are themselves W3C CSS named colors. For transparency we also show the nearest W3C CSS named color and the perceptual distance, ΔE, measured in OKLab. A small ΔE means the name is essentially exact; a larger one means it is the closest standard name rather than a perfect match.
Sources: W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 and the open color-name-list dataset, used to verify every color sits near a recognized name.