PinkLightMuted

Buckwheat Mauve

#B8A6AF

Contrast at a glance

White text

2.30:1Fails

Black text

8.59:1AAA

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About Buckwheat Mauve

Buckwheat Mauve (#B8A6AF) is a light muted pink. Its RGB value is 184, 166, 175 and its HSL value is 330°, 11%, 69%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 8.59:1 (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

#B8A6AF · #A6B8AF

Analogous

#B8A6B8 · #B8A6AF · #B8A6A6

Triadic

#B8A6AF · #AFB8A6 · #A6AFB8

Split complementary

#B8A6AF · #A6B8A6 · #A6B8B8

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