PinkLightMuted

Buckwheat Mauve

#B5A2B2

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.39:1Fails

Black text

8.27:1AAA

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About Buckwheat Mauve

Buckwheat Mauve (#B5A2B2) is a light muted pink. Its RGB value is 181, 162, 178 and its HSL value is 309°, 11%, 67%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.27:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Buckwheat Mauve, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#B5A2B2 · #A2B5A5

Analogous

#AFA2B5 · #B5A2B2 · #B5A2A8

Triadic

#B5A2B2 · #B2B5A2 · #A2B2B5

Split complementary

#B5A2B2 · #A9B5A2 · #A2B5AF

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