Eucalyptus

Where it sits

Soft Summer palette

Eucalyptus is an anchor color in Soft Summer. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Grey-taupe #A79E96, a True Summer color, at a distance of 12: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.

Soft Summer is defined by low contrast and muted color, and most greens are neither. Kelly green is too clean. Olive is too warm. Forest green is too dark. Eucalyptus solves the problem by being barely a green at all. In some light it reads as grey with a green cast; in others as a very dusty pale green. Both readings suit the season.

It does the job of a neutral while still being a color. Against a Soft Summer's cool, muted skin and hair it does not fight for attention. It can be worn as a whole garment near the face, which is not true of most greens on most people. The other Summers can approach it: True Summer's cool grey and cool mint are each about thirteen points away.

The temperature line runs right through this part of the color wheel. Soft Autumn's sage is twelve points away and looks almost the same on a hanger. On a person the sage reads yellow and the eucalyptus reads blue. That is the whole difference between the two Soft seasons, and this color shows it as clearly as any.

Easily confused with

Soft Autumn's sage green is the one it gets confused with, and the confusion is reasonable because the two are the same idea on opposite sides of the warm–cool line. Sage has yellow in its grey. Eucalyptus has blue in its grey. Bright Spring's warm grey and Light Spring's light warm grey are also close in value and wrong in temperature.

The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).

In stock in this color today

As of November 11, 2026, 8 in-stock pieces across Marine Layer and STAUD sample within a close match of #8FA394. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.

Coralina Scoop Tank

Sage

$54 at Marine Layer

Lexi Pointelle Long Sleeve Crew Tee

Olive

$46 at Marine Layer

Jane Relaxed Double Cloth Shirt

Sea Spray

$108 at Marine Layer

Kennedy Dress

Heirloom

$695 at STAUD

Lexi Rib Sun-In Crew Tee

Faded Olive

$58 at Marine Layer

Lana Button-Through Skirt

Sage

$85 at Marine Layer

Mina Pointelle Sweater

Sage

$100 at Marine Layer

Lexi Pointelle Scoop Tee

Olive

$40 at Marine Layer

What it's sold as

Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #8FA394 today, so they are the words to search for.

Marine Layer

Sage, Olive, Sea Spray, Faded Olive

STAUD

Heirloom

A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.

Questions

The Soft Summer guide · All in-stock Soft Summer pieces · ← Soft mauve · Periwinkle → · All colors