PinkLightMuted

Buckwheat Mauve

#B5A3B2

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.37:1Fails

Black text

8.34:1AAA

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About Buckwheat Mauve

Buckwheat Mauve (#B5A3B2) is a light muted pink. Its RGB value is 181, 163, 178 and its HSL value is 310°, 11%, 67%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.34:1 (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

#B5A3B2 · #A3B5A6

Analogous

#AFA3B5 · #B5A3B2 · #B5A3A9

Triadic

#B5A3B2 · #B2B5A3 · #A3B2B5

Split complementary

#B5A3B2 · #A9B5A3 · #A3B5AF

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