PinkLightMuted

Buckwheat Mauve

#B8A2B1

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.38:1Fails

Black text

8.34:1AAA

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About Buckwheat Mauve

Buckwheat Mauve (#B8A2B1) is a light muted pink. Its RGB value is 184, 162, 177 and its HSL value is 319°, 13%, 68%. 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

#B8A2B1 · #A2B8A9

Analogous

#B4A2B8 · #B8A2B1 · #B8A2A6

Triadic

#B8A2B1 · #B1B8A2 · #A2B1B8

Split complementary

#B8A2B1 · #A6B8A2 · #A2B8B4

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