PinkLightMuted

Buckwheat Mauve

#B5A3B1

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.38:1Fails

Black text

8.33:1AAA

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About Buckwheat Mauve

Buckwheat Mauve (#B5A3B1) is a light muted pink. Its RGB value is 181, 163, 177 and its HSL value is 313°, 11%, 67%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.33:1 (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

#B5A3B1 · #A3B5A7

Analogous

#B0A3B5 · #B5A3B1 · #B5A3A8

Triadic

#B5A3B1 · #B1B5A3 · #A3B1B5

Split complementary

#B5A3B1 · #A8B5A3 · #A3B5B0

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