PinkLightMuted

Buckwheat Mauve

#B6A3B3

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.37:1Fails

Black text

8.37:1AAA

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About Buckwheat Mauve

Buckwheat Mauve (#B6A3B3) is a light muted pink. Its RGB value is 182, 163, 179 and its HSL value is 309°, 12%, 68%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.37:1 (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

#B6A3B3 · #A3B6A6

Analogous

#B0A3B6 · #B6A3B3 · #B6A3AA

Triadic

#B6A3B3 · #B3B6A3 · #A3B3B6

Split complementary

#B6A3B3 · #AAB6A3 · #A3B6B0

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