PinkLightMuted

Buckwheat Mauve

#B6A2B1

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.39:1Fails

Black text

8.29:1AAA

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About Buckwheat Mauve

Buckwheat Mauve (#B6A2B1) is a light muted pink. Its RGB value is 182, 162, 177 and its HSL value is 315°, 12%, 67%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.29:1 (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

#B6A2B1 · #A2B6A7

Analogous

#B1A2B6 · #B6A2B1 · #B6A2A7

Triadic

#B6A2B1 · #B1B6A2 · #A2B1B6

Split complementary

#B6A2B1 · #A7B6A2 · #A2B6B1

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