Information about #A88E99 color

#A88E99 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A88E99 falls into the Rose Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(168, 142, 153) — 65.9% red, 55.7% green, 60% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 10 / 6 / 34. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #A88E99 reads as a softly toned romantic rose and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Vita Strada (#A1949D). Slightly further away sit Triple Milestone (#A59591) and Asteroid (#A59692).

In RGB terms — rgb(168, 142, 153) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A88E99 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A88E99 color variations

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

#A88E99 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 #A88E99

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

Vita Strada color link
Vita Strada

#A1949D

Asteroid color link
Asteroid

#A59692

High Tea color link
High Tea

#A18C90

Anticipation color link
Anticipation

#A88A8E

Tonto color link
Tonto

#9F9596

Imagine color link
Imagine

#A39894

Bouquet color link
Bouquet

#A78199

Dusty Grey color link
Dusty Grey

#AC9B9B

Thatch color link
Thatch

#B1948F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A88E99
  • RGB168, 142, 153
  • CMYK0, 10, 6, 34
  • CSSrgb(168, 142, 153)
  • HSL335°, 13%, 61%
  • HSL Precise334.615°, 13%, 60.784%
  • HSV335°, 15%, 66%
  • HSB335°, 15%, 66%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.600
  • GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.557, 0.600)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.557, 0.600, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.557, 0.600)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB60%
  • Color FamilyRose
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDA88E99
  • DECIMAL ID11046553
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01