Cool raspberry

Where it sits

True Summer palette

Cool raspberry is an anchor color in True Summer. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Cranberry #8A1538, a Deep Winter color, at a distance of 13: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.

True Summer does not have a true red. What it has is this: a raspberry at RGB 166, 58, 91 that is clearly pink-red, clearly cool, and clearly not bright. It is the strongest color in the palette and the one a True Summer reaches for when an outfit needs a center.

It works with the palette's greys and with soft navy, and it does something quietly good with cool mint. It is a strong color for a knit, a dress, or lipstick. It should not be paired with black, which makes it look harsh, or with camel, which makes it look dirty.

Retailers call it raspberry, berry, mulberry, or deep rose. A lot of what is sold under those names is either too bright, which is Winter, or too warm, which is Autumn. Hold it against a cool grey. Cool raspberry looks at home. A Winter pink looks like it is shouting.

Easily confused with

The nearest color outside the palette is Deep Winter's cranberry, thirteen points away: darker, redder, and more saturated. On a True Summer, cranberry looks heavy. On a Deep Winter, cool raspberry looks faded. True Winter's magenta is nineteen points off and much brighter. Soft Summer's soft cool raspberry is the gentle cousin, also nineteen points off, and the two Summers share it.

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, 7 in-stock pieces across Boden and STAUD sample within a close match of #A63A5B. 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.

Velvet Trim Ribbed Cardigan

Beetroot Red

$89 at Boden

High Neck Jersey Top

Beet Red

$69 at Boden

Naomi Relaxed Jersey Dress

Beet Red

$99 at Boden

Brea Linen Dress

California Clouds

$242 at STAUD

Supersoft Puff Sleeve Shirt

Beetroot Red

$89 at Boden

Georgia Jersey Midi Dress

Beetroot Red

$149 at Boden

Camilla Cotton Crew Sweater

Potion purple

$89 at Boden

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 #A63A5B today, so they are the words to search for.

Boden

Beetroot Red, Beet Red, Potion purple

STAUD

California Clouds

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

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