Information about #A88591 color

#A88591 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #A88591 belongs to the Rose Color Family, featuring Low Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(168, 133, 145) (65.9% red, 52.2% green, 56.9% blue), or CMYK 0 / 14 / 9 / 34 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#A88591 presents itself as a calm, restrained romantic rose — one that feels open and friendly. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Anticipation (#A88A8E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Grayish Rose (#A87D93) and Bouquet (#A78199).

In RGB terms — rgb(168, 133, 145) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A88591: 6.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A88591 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A88591 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#A88591 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #A88591

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A88591
  • RGB168, 133, 145
  • CMYK0, 14, 9, 34
  • CSSrgb(168, 133, 145)
  • HSL339°, 17%, 59%
  • HSL Precise339.429°, 16.746%, 59.02%
  • HSV339°, 21%, 66%
  • HSB339°, 21%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.569
  • GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.522, 0.569)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.522, 0.569, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.522, 0.569)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB52.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB56.9%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDA88591
  • DECIMAL ID11044241
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers32 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01